Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c48.s2.2

v1.c48.s2.2

¹ The date is given in the verse: *śāke caturdaśa-śate ravi-vīji-yukte | gauro harir dharaṇi-maṇḍala āvirāsit | tasmin catur-navati-bhāji tadīya-līlā-| grantho yam āvirabhavat katamasya vaktrāt*, which tells us that Gaura-hari or Caitanya was born in *śaka* 1407, and that the drama, which deals with him, was written in *śaka* 1494. Aufrecht is incorrect in stating that it was composed in 1543 A.D. (But see Sten Konow *Ind. Drama* p. 93, section 104).