History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.119

v7.c92.119

¹⁷³⁸ इममेव च मार्गमाश्रित्याभाषि भासेन महाकविना। पेया सुरा प्रियतमामुखमीक्षणीयं ग्राह्यः स्वभावललितोऽविकृतश्च वेषः। येनेदमीदृशमदृश्यत मोक्षवर्त्म दीर्घायुरस्तु भगवान् स पिनाकपाणिः॥ यशस्तिलकचम्पू p 251. This is verse 7 in the मत्तविलासप्रहसन of पल्लव king महेन्द्रविक्रमवर्मन् put in the mouth of a कपाली This creates a puzzle. Either the Yaśastilaka committed a mistake in naming the author or the verse is one from Bhāsa's genuine dramas not yet found and bodily taken by the author of the मत्तविलास which, being a parody, was after all not a serious matter I incline to the latter view