Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c12.2

v1.c12.2

¹ Rājavarman is conjectured by some (Raṅgācārya's preface p. 8; also Agashe's preface to *Daśakumāra* ed B. S. S. pp. lvii f ) to be Rājasimhavarman, otherwise known as Narasimhavarman II of Kāñcī (end of the 7th century), one of whose *birudas* (viz, *kālakāla* which is also a name of Śiva), Daṇḍin is supposed to have alluded to in iii 50; while iii 25 is presumed to imply a pun referring to the royal token (*mahā-varāha*) of Cālukya Pulakeśin II. But the passage under discussion looks like a reference to a legendary rather than a contemporary prince; and, as Pischel suggested, the entire verse 278 may have been taken directly from a work referring to his story. Cf Jacobi *op. cit.* p. 214.