Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c17.13

v1.c17.13

² The suggestion of Jacobi that Rudraṭa, whose name implies that he was a Kashmirian, was a contemporary of Śaṅkaravarman of Kashmir, successor of Avantivarman, does not make any essential difference to our conclusion, although it is not certain that the example of vakrókti, given by Rudraṭa in ii 15 was at all prompted by Ratnākara, whose work contains similar railleries between Śiva and Gaurī.