Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.t1.7

c6.s6.t1.7

Veṅkaṭanātha was challenged by Ḍiṇḍimakavi Sārvabhauma, who sent him in verse describing himself as a lion having reached *pakkaṇa* — the habitat of outcasts, and like Garuḍa being forced to roam in the assembly of water-snakes.¹⁷⁴ Veṅkaṭanātha sent him two verses as a befitting rejoinder¹⁷⁵ which wrecked the ego of Ḍiṇḍimakavi. After listening to the readings of Veṅkaṭanātha's epic *Yādavābhyudaya*, he became an ardent admirer of Veṅkaṭanātha and composed fine stanzas in his eulogy.¹⁷⁶