Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c55.s8: 20. Gaṅgānanda Maithila
Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c55.s8
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20. Gaṅgānanda Maithila
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*Karṇa-bhūṣaṇa* (ed. Kāvyamālā 79, 1902).
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This is a work on the *rasas* in five chapters, dealing with (1) vibhāvas (2) anubhāvas (3) vyabhicāri-bhāvas (4) sthāyi-bhāvas (5) rasa. It was written, as the author himself says, at the command of king Śrīkarṇa of Bikaner (bikānerī-purī), who appears to be the same as Lūṇakarṇaji who ruled at Bikaner from 1505 to 1526 A.D.
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21. GANGĀRĀMA JAḌI or JAḌIN
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*Rasa-mīmāṃsā*
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(ed. with *Chāyā*, Benares 1885; Mss in Aufrecht i 495a, ii 116a, iii 106a).
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For details about the author and his commentary on Bhānudatta's work, see above p. 253. He belongs to the second quarter of the 18th century.
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22. GADĀDHARA BHAṬṬA
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*Rasika-jīvana* (Aufrecht i 497b, ii 116b).
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This work on *rasa*, which also bears the character of an anthology, is in ten *prabandhas*. The author is the son of Gaurīpati and grandson of Dāmodara. Regnaud (p. 379) gives an account of the Paris Biblioth. Nationale MS of this work.
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23. GOKULANĀTHA MAITHILA
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*Rasa-mahārṇava*
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The author is the celebrated Maithili Smārta and Naiyāyika Gokulanātha, son of Pitāmbara and Umādevī of Phaṇadaha family in Maṅgraunī, who lived and wrote in Benares at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. The work is referred to by himself in his *Pada-vākya-ratnākara*¹. He is probably the same as wrote a commentary on Mammaṭa, see above p. 186. His drama *Amṛtodaya* (written about 1693 A.D.) has been published in *Kāvyamālā* 59, 1897¹.
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¹ ABod 246a.
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¹ See *HPS* i p. 17f
Linked texts (1)
- Amṛtodaya — Gokulanātha, Sanskrit