Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c46.1

v1.c46.1

Śiṅgabhūpāla, whose name is also given as Śiṅgadharaṇīśa, Śiṅgarāja or Śiṅgamahīpati (as well as in the Sanskrit forms of these name) has been identified by Śeṣagiri Śāstri with Śiṅgama Nāyaḍu, rājā of Veṅkaṭagiri, who ruled, on the authority of a biographical sketch of the Rājās of Veṅkaṭagiri, at about 1330 A.D.¹ This date is probable, as Mallinātha (on *Kumāra* i 25, *iti bhūpālaḥ = Rāsārṇa*° i 181), as well as Kumārasvāmin, quotes our author. The introductory verses of the Rasārṇava-sudhākara, attributed to this South Indian prince, show that he belonged to the Recarla dynasty, who ruled over the country lying between the Vindhyas and Śrīśaila, of which Rājācalam (Rācakoṇḍa) was the hereditary capital. He was the son of Ananta (or Anapota) and Annamāmbā, while his grandfather and great-grandfather were respectively named Śiṅgaprabhu (or Śiṅgama Nāyaka) and Yācama Nāyaka. Our author was, like Hemacandra, called sarvajña on account of his great knowledge, and was a patron of letters¹.