Tenth Report on Search of Hindi Manuscripts for Years 1917 to 1919

SR No.: 010837
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rai Bahaddur Hiralal
Publisher: Allahabad Government Press
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 532
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 38 MB

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APPENDIX I.
Hindu convert. He is a newly discovered poet and has been dealt with in the body of the report. (See para. 9 above.)
No. 4. AKHAYARĀMA:- Appears to be a Bundelkhandi poet and Hastāmalaka Vedānta is the first book that has been found written by this author. Ho was not altogether unknown as miscellaneous verses attributed to him used to be recited. Whether they were taken from this book remains to be yet settled. His time is not known, but he does not appear to be a very old poet. His diction is good. He seems fond of alliteration and writes in a flowing style in spite of it.
No. 5. ALI RASIKA GOVINDA :-Flourished about 1800 A. D. His real name appears to be Govinda, the prefix Ali Rasika being a poetic addition. Govinda was a native of Jayapur, but lived at Brindāvana where he became a disciple of Sarvesvara-baraņa. His father's name was sāligrāma. He is a prolific writer (see no. 122 of S. R. 1906-08, where seven of his books are mentioned). The book Rasika-Govinda raises the number to eight. It was written in 1833 A. D. It deals with figures of speech.
No. 6. AMRITA :-Wrote tho metrical translation of a Sanskrit work on Rājanīti for and at the instance of Mahendra Himmata Simha Deva, most probably a Rājā of Amethi. Ho must have flourished prior to 1700 A. D., the date of the manuscript. He is a newly discovered poet.
No. 7. ANANDA, the writer of Kokasära, a book on Sexual Science, appears to belong to the 17th century A. D. The manusoript in hand is dated in Samvat 1832=1765 A. D., but the two others found in previous searches (see no. 5 of S. R. 1902 and no. 126 of 1906-08) are respectively dated in 1734 and 1748 A. D. indicating that the author flourished prior to 1734 A. D. It is understood that the name Ananda is a fictitious name and the subject justifies conoealment of the author's name. A confusion has, however, arisen between different authors of the same name, all of whom appear to be credited with having written the notorious Kokasāra.