History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c14.63

c14.63

Another scholiast, Paramānanda, repeats a similar story that "a poet by name Dhāvaka having sold his own work, a play called *Ratnāvalī*, obtained much wealth from the king named Śrī-Harṣa, so it happened of old" (Dhāvaka-nāmā kaviḥ svakṛitim Ratnāvalīm nāma-nāṭikām vikrīya Śrī-Harṣa-nāmno rājñaḥ sakāsād bahudhanamavāpeti purāvṛittam).²