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

XL INTRODUCTION.
sitions, and the works of its poets are well constructed and the
mode of their recitation is, as it were, pouring honey in ears.
Rajas'ekhara and the Lāṭades'a. Rājasekhara seems
to have come much in contact with the Lāṭadeśa, probably
through his royal patron. He has made Karpūramañjarī, the
heroine of his play Karpūramañjarī, the daughter of the king of
the Lāṭadeśa. The Viddhasālabhañjikā also belongs to the king
of the same country. In the Bālarāmāyaṇa, it is described as the
crest¹ of the earth. The elegance of speech and beauty of its
ladies are much dilated upon by him in the ²Kāvyamīmāṁsā and
the ³Bālarāmāyaṇa.
Ancient Indian Geography according to the Kāvya-
mīmāṁsā. Rājaśekhara seems to have been very fond of and
much acquainted with the geography of India. In the tenth act
of his Bālarāmāyaṇa, he describes the countries lying on the way
from Ceylon to Ayodhyā. Comprehensive knowledge of the
various countries of India is obtained from the 17th chapter of the
Kāvyamīmāṁsā. Hemachandra and Vāgbhaṭa have borrowed
this whole-sale in their works. The information given in this
chapter, however, is in brief, as he refers one who wants further
information on the subject, to his Bhuvana-Kos'a.
Rājaśekhara divides आर्यावर्त into five parts 1 पूर्वदेशः, 2 दक्षिणापथः,
3 पश्चाद्देशः, 4 उत्तरापथः and 5 मध्यदेशः.
1 अयमसावितो विश्वम्भराशिरःशेखर इव लाटदेशः। Act X.
2 पठन्ति लटभं लाटाः प्राकृतं संस्कृतद्विषः ।
जिह्वया ललितोल्लापलब्धसौन्दर्यमुद्रया ॥ Kāvyamīmāṁsā, p. 34.
3 यद्योनिः किल संस्कृतस्य सुदृशां जिह्वासु यन्मोदते यत्र श्रोत्रपथावतारिणि कटुर्माषाक्षराणां रसः ।
गद्यं चूर्णपदं पदं रतिपतेस्तत्प्राकृतं यद्वचस्तांस्तांस्तांललितानि पश्य नुदती दृष्टेर्निमेषव्रतम् ॥
किंच—
लक्षीकर्तुं प्रवृत्तोऽपि लाटीलडङ्गीक्षितैः ।
लक्षीभवति कन्दर्पः स्वेषामेवात्र पत्रिणाम् ॥ Bālarāmāyaṇa, Act x, 48-49.