Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c31.54

v1.c31.54

16. RAVI and RATNAPĀṆI. Ravi is the author of the *Madhumatī* commentary, the last verse of which tells us that the author had a beloved daughter named Madhumatī, after whom the commentary was baptised. He also informs us that he was the son of Gaurī and Manodhara, *alias* Ratnapāṇi, and grandson of Acyuta, who was a minister of Śivasimha or Śivasiddha of Mithilā (about the middle of the 15th century, *IOC* iv p. 875f). Ratnapāṇi or Manodhara also wrote a commentary on Mammata, called *Kāvya-darpaṇa*¹, which is cited by his son and on which the latter's commentary itself seems to have been based. The father and the son are cited by Bhīmasena, while Kamalākara and Narasimha cite the *Madhumatī*-kāra.