Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c44.16

v1.c44.16

Viśvanātha describes himself as the son of *mahākavi* Candraśekhara (p. 583, concluding verses), who appears, like his son, to have been a poet and a scholar², as well as a high official³ in the court of some king, probably king of Kaliṅga. Nārāyaṇa, who appears to have written also on some topics of Poetics, is either his grandfather or great-great-grandfather; for in his commentary on the *Kāvyaprakāśa*, Viśvanātha speaks of Nārāyaṇa as *asmat-pitāmaha*, while in his *Sāhitya-darpaṇa* (p. 73, *ad* iii 4a), the same person is called *asmat-vṛddhapitāmaha*. Caṇḍīdāsa, apparently the author of the *Dīpikā* commentary on Mammaṭa, is also quoted and described as a relative, having been the younger brother of Viśvanātha's grandfather (p. 420, *ad* vii 31a)⁴.