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

INTRODUCTION. XXXI
in the unity of the three godheads. It appears from the ¹Yaśas-
tilaka Champū of Somadeva that in Rājaśekhara's works honour
was done even to Jinās when occasion arose.
His wife an accomplished lady. Rājaśekhara quotes thrice²
in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā the opinion of his wife Avantīsundarī. It
would thus appear that she had composed some work on rhetorics.
The Karpūramañjarī was also first acted at her desire.
Rājaś'ekhara's date. It is understood from the prologues
of Rājaśekhara's dramas that he was the Upādhyāya of Mahēndra-
pāla, king of Kanouj, and was also patronized by his son and
successor Mahīpāla. The Siydoni inscription tells us that king
Mahēndrapāla was reigning in 903 and 907 A. D. and Mahīpāla in
917 A. D. (Epigraphia Indica Vol. I, p. 171). Independent of his
references to king Mahēndrapāla of Kanouj in his works, we can fix
his date from other sources too. He quotes in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā
Vākpatirāja,³ the author of Gauḍavaho, and also Udbhaṭa⁴ who
was the Sabhāpati of Jayāpīḍa, king of Kashmir, who reigned from
779 to 813 A. D., and quotes Ānandavardhana⁵ who flourished in
the reign of Avantivarmā of Kashmir (857-884 A. D.). Rāja-
śekhara is also referred to by Somadēva in the Yaśastilaka Champū
which was completed in 960 A. D. and praised by Soṭṭala who
flourished about 990 A. D. From this we can conclude that
Rājaśekhara lived about 880-920 A. D.
1 तथा उर्व्वभारविभवभूतिभर्तृहरिभर्तृमेण्ठकण्ठगुणाढ्यव्यासभासवासोस्कालिदासबाणमयूरनारायण-
कुमारमाधराजशेखरप्रदिमहाकविकाव्येषु, तत्र तत्रावसरे भरतप्रणीते काव्याध्याये, सर्वजनप्रसिद्धेषु तेषु
तेषूपाख्यानेषु च कथं, तद्विषया महती प्रसिद्धिः ।
( 4th Ās'vāsa, pt. II, p. 113.
2 "इयमशक्तिर्न पुनः पाकः" इत्यवन्तिसुन्दरी । p. 20
"विदग्धभणितिनिवेशं वस्तुनो रूपं न नियतस्वभावम्" इति अवन्तिसुन्दरी । तदाह-
'वस्तुस्वभावोऽत्र कवेरतन्त्रो गुणागुणावुक्तिवशेन काव्ये ।
स्तुवन्निबध्नात्यमृतांशुमिन्दुं निन्दंस्तु दोषाकरमाह धूर्तः ॥' p. 46.
"अयमप्रसिद्धः प्रसिद्धिम्रानहम्, अयमप्रतिष्ठः प्रतिष्ठावानहम्, अप्रक्रान्तमिदमस्य संविधानकं प्रक्रान्तं
मम, गुडूचीवचनोऽयं मृद्वीकावचनोऽहम्, अनादृतभाषाविशेषोऽयम् अहमादृतभाषाविशेषः, प्रशान्तशातृकमिदम्,
देशान्तरितकर्तृकमिदम्' उत्सन्ननिबन्धनमूलमिदम्, म्लेच्छितकथानिबन्धनमिदमित्येवमादिभिः कारणैः शब्दहरणे
अर्थहरणे चाभिरमेत" इति अवन्तिसुन्दरी । p. 57
3 "न" इति बाक्पतिराजः p. 62.
4 "तस्य च त्रिधाऽभिधाव्यापारः" इत्यौद्भटः pp. 22 and 44.
5 "प्रतिभाम्युत्पत्त्योः प्रतिभा श्रेयसी" इत्यानन्दः p. 16.