रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

addition to these symptoms of old age, he, out of excessive
joy, feels these faults doubled in him.
The metre is शिखरिणी ।
Ch. of voice.—विहङ्गिः प्रथ्यतेतराम्......अविस्पष्टा दृष्टिः तिर्य्यक्तं—स्खलद्-
वर्णा वाणी जड़ायंततराम्......परितोषेण क्रियते ॥१३॥
P. 356. सार्वभौमः—सर्वा भूमिः ( whole earth ) इति सर्व्वभूमिः। तस्याः
ईश्वरः इति सर्व्वभूमि + अण् , by the rule “तस्येश्वरः” = सार्वभौमः, a para-
mount monarch.
सिंहलेन्द्रस्य ..रत्नावली — “Ratnávalí was a daughter of the king
of Ceylon. In our play we find that the name of the king
was Vikramabáhu. But in the Mahávamsa the celebrated
Páli chronicle of Ceylon, the king is named as Vijayabáhu.
Vikramabáhu is mentioned there as being brother of रत्नावली
and son of Vijayabáhu.” ( Notes on Ratnávalí by S. C.
Vidyabhushan) “Ratnávalí of our play represents Padmávatí
of the Kathásaritságara and Anupamá of दिव्यावदान”। (Notes on
Ratnávalí by S. C. Vidyábhushan)
N B. In the स्वप्नवासवदत्त of भास, the story appears to have
been taken from बृहत्कथा almost as it is, but our present Drama
owes greatly to the inventive genius of Shri Harsha.
P. 359. लावणकेन वह्निना—The fire that broke out in Lávánaka,
a border-district of the kingdom of Magadha (as given in कथा-
सरित्सागर (Book III, Chapter II.)
P. 360. सम्बन्धलोपः etc.—Extinction of relationship.
N. B. The King of Ceylon is described as the maternal
uncle of Vásavadattá, the wife of Udayana. So the relation
between these two Kings is very close. When the rumour was
spread that Vásavadattá had been burnt in a fire that broke
out in Lávánaka, Vikrambáhu, the King of Simhala, with a
view to maintaining the previous intimate relation, agreed