A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I c5.9
A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I c5.9
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² Kalhaṇa, iii. 125 f, 260-62. The word *meṇṭha* means an elephant-driver, and this meaning is referred to in a complimentary verse in *Sml* (4.61). The poet is sometimes called Hastipaka. Maṅkhaka (ii. 53) places Meṇṭha as a poet in the same rank with Bhāravi, Subandhu, and Bāṇa; Śivasvāmin (xx. 47) equals him with Kālidāsa and Daṇḍin; while Rājaśekhara thinks that Vālmīki re-incarnated as Meṇṭha!
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- Rājataraṅgiṇī — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit
- Subhāṣitāvali — Vallabhadeva (anthologist), Sanskrit
- Kapphiṇābhyudaya — Śivasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Śrīkaṇṭhacarita — Maṅkha, Sanskrit