Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c47.7

v1.c47.7

A lyrical poem, called the *Gīta-gaurīśa* or *Gīta-gaurīpati* in ten cantos, published in the Granthamālā 1887-88, also professes to have been composed by Bhānudatta, who is probably identical with our author¹. As indicated by their respective writings, both the authors are *śaivas*, and both possess poetical pretensions. Our Bhānudatta gives the name of his father as Gaṇeśvara², Gaṇapatinātha³ or Gaṇanātha⁴, while the author of the lyric describes himself as the son of Gaṇapati or Gaṇanātha⁵. There are also a few verses in the two works of our Bhānudatta which also occur in the lyric. Thus the *maṅgala*-verse of the *Rasa mañjarī* (*ātmīyaṃ caraṇam*) = *Gīta-gaurīśa* ii p. 90; *akaroḥ kimu netra* in *Rasa-mañjarī* 51 = *Gīta-gaurīśa* ii p. 14; *prāṇeśasya prabhavati* in *Rasa-taraṅgiṇī* iv p. 40 ed. Granthamālā = *Gīta-gaurīśa* ii p. 77. As the *Gīta-gaurīśa* is not a mere compilation in which we may expect verses from other writers, the presence of verses in it from the two