Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c66.s3.6

v1.c66.s3.6

The author, also called Śyāmarāja, was the son of Narahari Bindupurandara, and wrote also *Tripura-sundarī-mānasa-pūjana-stotra* (ed. Kāvyamālā pt. 9) and other poems. He lived in Mathurā, where his descendants still flourish, at the latter part of the 17th century. His son Kāmarāja, whose *Śṛṅgāra-kalikā-kāvya* is published in Kāvyamālā pt. 14, was also a poet; while his grandson Vrajarāja and his great-grandson Jīvarāja wrote commentaries on the *Rasa-mañjarī* and *Rasa-taraṅgiṇī* of Bhānudatta respectively (q.v.). The present work deals with rasa, especially śṛṅgāra, after Bhānudatta. Our author wrote his drama *Śrīdāma carita* in 1681 A.D. for the Bundela-prince Ānandarāya. Kāmarāja also appears to have written a *Kāvyéndu-prakāśa*, which is apparently the same work as entered anonymously in Bhandarkar, *Rep.* 1887-91, no. 601.