Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c66.29

v1.c66.29

For the author, son of Kṛṣṇarāma and grandson of Trilokacandra, and brother of Govindarāma, Mukundarāma and Keśavarāma, see *JAOS* xxiv. 57-63. He appears to be a comparatively recent writer, quoting *Paribhāṣendu-śekhara*, which alone will suffice to place him in the beginning of the 18th century. He is identical with the commentator on the *Vāsavadattā* (see ed. Bibl. Ind.); for in this commentary he refers to his *Rasa-ratna-hāra* pp. 4, 9, 193, 206, 207. This work, in 100 stanzas, deals with the characteristics of *rasa* and *nāyaka-nāyikā*, and quotes extensively Bhānudatta and *Daśarūpaka*. For his other works, see Aufrecht i 652b, ii 155b; also Stein *Jammu Cat.* p. 292. He also appears to have written a commentary (*Viṣama-padī*) on Mammaṭa (see Kielhorn, *Central Prov. Cat.* p. 104) and a work on metrics called *Kāvya-lakṣmī-prakāśa*.