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

XXX INTRODUCTION.
forefathers.¹ Akālajalada his great-grandfather was famous for
his poetical gems.² His verses were plagiarized by Kādambarīrāma
in his drama.³ Surānanda, Tarala and Kavirāja also belonged to
this family. Surānanda seems to have been famous at the court
of Chedi.⁴ It appears from his opinion quoted in the Kāvya-
mīmāṁsā that he had written some work on poetics. ⁵Tarala was
also a poet of some eminence. Nothing is known about Kavirāja.
Rājaśekhara's father Durduka or Duhika was a great minister
(Mahāmantrī), and his mother's name was Śīlavatī.
Rājaśekhara's caste. We have seen that Rājaśekhara
belonged to the Yāyāvara family, but it is not clear whether he
was a Brāhmaṇa or a Kshatriya. His position as the Upādhyāya
of King Mahendrapāla speaks in favour of his being a Brāhmaṇa;
while the name Rājaśekhara and the fact that his wife was of the
Chahuāna⁶ family may lead one to think that he was a Kshatriya.
Rājaśekhara not a Sectarian. As the author of the
Haravilāsa, Rājaśekhara might be regarded to have been a staunch
Śaiva, but from the quotations in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā⁷ in praise of
Vishṇu, it seems that he was not a sectarian. On the other hand,
from the Maṅgala verse of the Haravilāsa, it is clear that he believed
जडेन तेनोदयसुन्दरीति कथा दुरालोकिनि काव्यमार्गे ।
सारस्वतालोकलबैकदृष्ट्या सृष्टा कविम्मन्यमनोरथेन ॥
सा चात्र देवीभवने निवृत्तशापार्तिना बाणकवीश्वरेण ।
कविश्रमोद्धूतकृपेण सम्यक् श्रुता धृता हृद्यभिनन्दिता च ॥
वागीश्वरं हन्त भजेऽभिनन्दमर्थेश्वरं वाक्पतिराजमीडे ।
रसेश्वरं स्तौमि च कालिदासं बाणं तु सर्वेश्वरमानतोऽस्मि ॥ 8th Uchchhvāsa.
1 स मूर्तो यत्रासीद्गुणगण इवाकालजलदः सुरानन्दः सोऽपि श्रवणपुटपेयेन वचसा ।
न चान्ये गण्यन्ते तरलकविराजप्रभृतयो महाभागस्तस्मिन्नयमजनि यायावरकुले ॥
Bālarāmāyaṇa I, 13.
2 अकालजलदेन्दोः सा हृद्या वचनचन्द्रिका । नित्यं कविचकोरैर्य्या पीयते न च हीयते ॥
Rājaśekhara quoted in the Sūktimuktāvalī.
3 अकालजलदश्लोकैश्चित्रमात्मकृतैरिव । जातः कादम्बरीरामो नाटके प्रवरः कविः ॥ Ibid.
4 नदीनां मेकलसुता नृपाणां रणविग्रहः । कवीनां च सुरानन्दश्चेदिमण्डलमण्डनम् ॥ Ibid.
5 यायावरकुलश्रेणेर्हारस्यैष मण्डनम् । सुवर्णवर्णरुचिरस्तरुलस्तरलो यथा ॥ Ibid.
6 चाहुआणकुलमोलिमालिआ राजसेहरइन्दगेहिणी ।
भत्तुणो कइमवन्दिसुन्दरी सा पउञ्जयिदुमेअमिच्छइ ॥ Karp. 1, 11.
7 pp. 42, 43.