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Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c58: 27. Candracūḍa

Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c58

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27. Candracūḍa

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*Prastāva-cintāmaṇi* (Ulwar 1064, extract 223; Weber 826).

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The author is described as the son of Puruṣottama Bhaṭṭa. For citations in this work, see Weber *loc. cit.* It cites *Candraśekara-campū-prabandha* which, Regnaud thinks, is a *campū* by Candraśekhara, father of Viśvanātha (q. v.) It is a work on the art of writing poetic descriptions.

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28. CIRAÑJĪVA or RĀMADEVA CIRAÑJĪVA BHAṬṬĀCĀRYA

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a. *Kāvya-vilāsa* (Aufrecht i 102b, ii 20a, 193b, iii 22b). b. *Śṛṅgāra-taṭinī* (Aufrecht i 660b).

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The author was the son of Rāghavendra (described as *ācārya-śatāvadhāna*) and grandson of Kāśīnātha. He is the author of the *Vidvanmoda-taraṅgiṇī* (a champū)¹ and also of a work on prosody. The India Office MS (see *IOC* iii pp. 343-44, for a detailed summary of its contents) of the *Kāvya-vilāsa* consists of two chapters, dealing with *rasa* and *alaṃkāra* respectively, the illustrative stanzas being the author's own. The section on *śabdālaṃkāra* from this work has been printed and inadvertantly included in the text of Appayya's *Kuvalayānanda*, published by N. S. P. (ed. Vāsudeva, 1909) with Āsādhara's commentary². See above p. 267 fn 2. Cirañjīva wrote his *Vṛtta ratnāvalī*³ as a panegyric on Yaśovanta Siṃha, Nayeb-dewan of Dacca under Suja'u-d-daulah of Bengal, about *śaka* 1653 = 1731 A.D. He belongs therefore to the first half of the 18th century.

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¹ See *ABod* 260-61.

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² See pp. 97-100 of this edition.

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³ *HPS* iii no. 280.

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29. JAYAMAṄGALA

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*Kavi-śikṣā* (Aufrecht i 88a; Peterson i no. 120, extract).

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This work is apparently cited by Ratnakaṇṭha on *Stuti-kusumāñjali* i 1. The author was a Jaina who wrote at the time of Jayasimha Siddharāja (1094-1143 A.D.) and was thus a contemporary of Hemacandra¹.

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¹ Peterson i p. 68.

30. Jinavallabha Sūri

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*Praśnottara* (Br. Mus. no. 426, extract).

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This is a collection of riddles and verbal puzzles. On the author (about 1110 A.D.), see Klatt p. 36, and Bhandarkar *Rep.* 1882-83, p. 48, where other works of his are mentioned. It is accompanied by an *avacūri* by Kamala-mandira.

31. Jīvanātha

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*Alaṃkāra-śekhara* (Aufrecht i 32b).

32. Tirumala Or Trimalla Bhaṭṭa

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*Alaṃkāra-mañjarī* (Aufrecht i 32a, ii 6b, iii 7b; extract in *ALeip* 851).

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This South Indian author was the son of Vallabha-bhaṭṭa, and his name is also given as Trimmala or Tirmala, and sometimes incorrectly as Nirmala. The work was written in Benares in 43 verses and deals only with *arthālaṃkāras*. The *Arthālaṃkāra-mañjarī* entered under this author's name in Bühler's *Catalogue* (1871-73) is probably this work. There is a commentary on this, called *Madhu-dhārā* (Burnell 57a) by Sudhīndra-yati, pupil of Vijayendra (q.v.). Our author appears to be identical with Trimalla Kavi, son of Vallabha and grandson of Siṃhaṇa Bhaṭṭa, who wrote some works on medicine (see *ALeip* 1182-85).

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