Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c87.90

v2.c87.90

P. 250. Kane (*HAL* p. cxviii) points out that as Bhānu’s father Gaṇeśvara was a Maithila, he was very likely the Gaṇeśvara Mantrin, brother of Vireśvara, whose son Caṇḍeśvara composed the *Vivāda-ratnākara* and weighed himself in gold in 1315 A. D. If this indentification is correct, it would support our approximation of Bhānu’s date. The terms Gaṇanātha, Gaṇapati and Gaṇeśvara having been interchangeably employed, need not present any difficulty. A MS of *Rasa-taraṅgiṇī* noticed in *Madras Trm* II, A, 823 (b) calls Bhānudatta *gaṇanātha-tanaya-maithila-bhānudatta*.