काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

NINTH ADHYĀYA 195
Some scholars, however, maintain that the war between
Rāmagupta and the S'aka king took place not in the Himālayas as
stated above but near the city of Girnar or Girinagara in Saurāṣṭra,
on the strength of the readings अरिपुरे or अलिपुरे in the Harṣacarita
and the S'ṛṅgāraprakāśa, emended as गिरिपुरे. In addition to this
emendation of Aripura into Giripura ( Girnar ) they propose
further to change this verse in the following manner :—
दातुं रुद्धगतिः शकाधिपतये देवीं ध्रुवोपायिकां यस्मात्खण्डितसाहसो निववृते श्रीरामगुप्तो नृपः ।
तस्मिन्नेव हि रैवते गुरुगुहाकोणक्वणत्कीचके गीयन्ते बत ते कुमार शबरस्त्रीणां गणैः कीर्तयः ॥
These emendations lose much value since there is no MS
material in their support. Also, the word स्कन्धावार in the passage of
the S'ṛṅgāraprakāsa as quoted above denotes that Candragupta
went only to the camp of the enemy and not to his capital in
Saurāṣṭra. These emendations, therefore, have to be accepted with
caution.
*[ l. 14. दृष्टैकासनसंस्थिते ( अमरु. 19 ).
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*[l. 1. स्तिमित ( मालतीमाधव I ).
l. 5. अलसवलित. Ibid. I.
l. 9. अभिलाष. ( कुमार. IV 41. )
l. 13. क्रोधं प्रभो. Ibid. III 72.
l. 17. पत्युः शिरश्चन्द्रकला. Ibid. VII 19. ]
ll. 21–23. Here poets are advised to acquaint themselves
with the manifold subjects which find expression through the
medium of Prākṛta dialects according to their ability and energy.
ll. 25–26. Here it is said that there are certain ideas which
can best be expressed only in certain languages, while there are
others which are capable of being well expressed in several languages.
The poet should realise what things are suitable for a particular
dialect for the purpose of expression, and he should be thoroughly
conversant with the nature of things and the medium through
which it finds its best expression.
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l. 3. घनैः=weighty or full because of many sub-divisions.