महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.
Smrities (law), Mimansa (philosophy), Natya
Śastra (Drama) Rajaniti (Political Science),
Ganita (mathematics); Vyakarana (grammar),
Upanishads (metaphysics) Tarka (logic) and
Sahitya (general literature). He knew the
Karnataki, the Maháráshtri and other
languages.
The commentary on Gita Govinda, named
Rasika Priya and the last part of Eklinga
Mahatmya, which was written during
Kumbha's time, show that he was a great
Sanskrit scholar, and that he wrote good
poetry with as much ease as prose. The
former work contains quotations from nume-
rous Sanskrit works and shows that Kumbhá
was a man of extensive reading. The last
part of Eklinga Mahátmya is a lyric and its
poetry is sweet and musical, and full of grace
and beauty.
The Eklinga Mahatmya, sloka 74, men-
tions four dramas¹ written by him. This
would show that he was a scholar of Prākrita,
like the famous Chauhan Emperor Visaladeva;
¹ Also Chitorgarh Kirtisthambha Inscription, V. 158.
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