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liberal partonage of poets all combined to attaract his contemporary authors to sing his praise. Someśvara, the family priest of the Chalukya kings, not only wrote the Kırtikaumdui (The Moon-Light of Fame), but also in the last canto of his poem Surathotsava glorfied Vastupāla and affixed a verse at the end of each of the acts of his drama Ullāgha Rāghava in his praise. Arisinha extolled in his Sukritasankīrtana the pious deeds of the minister. Jayasinha Sūri dramatized in his Hammīramadamardana the critical position of Gujarat created by the invasion of Sinhana, the Yādava king, and the attack of Sankha of Broach to recover the port of Cambay, when Viradhavala with Tejahpāla was engaged in putting down the kings of Mārwar and repulsing an attack of the Mahomedans; and especially the bravery and the statemanship of Vastupāla by which all the enemies were discomfitured. Jayasinha Sūri also composed a panegyric on the minister. Achārya Udayaprabha, the religious preceptor of the minister, composed on the occasion of Vastupāla's pilgrimage Dharmābhyudaya, a Mahākāvya in sixteen cantos. The first and the last cantos contain particulars about the pilgrimage. There is also by this author a panegyric of the minister, Sukritakīrtikallollnī. All these works were composed before Samvat 1286 when the minister was in the zenith of his power and glory. It is to be regretted that no contemporary work is to be found describing his remaining career. The Vasantvilāsa, thouth written by a contemporary writer, does not in the least enlighten us on his later career. The later works Prabandhachintamani and Chaturvinsatiprabandha (see Appendix I) contain prabandhas which give full details about the whole career of the minister.
Jinaharsha's 'Vastupālacharitra' is a very extensive work on the minister's whole career, which though following the Kirtikaumudi and the Chaturvinsatiprabandha contains very useful and new matterials.
Comparision of the contents of the three Mahākāvyasकीर्त्तिकौमुदी सुकृतसङ्कीर्तन
वसन्तविलास नगरवर्णन
चापोत्कटवंशवर्णन प्रस्तावना नरेन्द्रवंशवर्णन
चौलुक्यवंशवर्णन राजधानीवर्णन मन्त्रिस्थापनवर्णन मन्त्रिप्रकाश
नरेन्द्रवर्णन-मन्त्रिस्थापना दूतसमागमवर्णन गुरूपदेशवर्णन
मन्त्रिगुणवर्णन शङ्कयुद्धवर्णन सङ्घप्रस्थानवर्णन
शंखयुद्धवर्णन
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| SR No. | 009570 |
| Book Title | Vasant Vilas Mahakavyam |
| Original Sutra Author | Balchandrasuri |
| Author | Chandanbalashreeji |
| Publisher | Bhadrankar Prakashan |
| Publication Year | 2010 |
| Total Pages | 211 |
| Language | Hindi, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Literature |
| File Size | 1 MB |