A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.212

v3.c35.s8.212

The peculiar manner in which the Devī-cult came to flourish is shown by a poem of unknown antiquity, the Caṇḍikucapañcāśikā, "50 Stanzas on the Breasts of Caṇḍī" by a poet Lakṣmaṇa Ācārya, son of Beṇīmādhava⁶. A half-religious and half-erotic is the peom Bhikṣāṭanakāvya of Śivadāsa, who calls himself Utprekṣāvallabha. In this poem the writer describes the feelings and reaction of the female devotees of Śiva when he goes about in the garb of a holy mendicant⁷.