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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Näyak Court of Tarjore. She was the wife of the famous Raghunátha Nāyak who ruled early in the 17th century. Her composition, Ragbunăthábhyudaya described under No. 8722 is & biography of her enlightened husband. The work is a fine specimen of Sanskrit composition and will bear ample testimony to what Indian ladies could do in the literary field even during compartively modern times.
SERFOJEE.
Rāghavacarita--a composition dealing with the story of the Rāmāyaṇa---has come down to us in the name of Serfojee. This Serfojee is known'to have ascended the throne in 1711 A. D. after his brother Säbajee.
There appears to be some sort of doubt regarding the authorship of the work in question. In one place we find the colophon,
इति पञ्चरत्नकविकृतौ राघवचरिते द्वितीयः सर्गः
and this makes us think that one Pancaratnakavi should have been responsible for the work. The colophon at the end definitely attributes the work to the Royal author. The truth therefore seems to lie in the fact that the work was actually composed by the court poet of Serfojee, Pañcaratnakavi by name and attributed to bis master probably as a sign of respect and regard for the mastor. From other evidences we know that there was one Pañcarabnakavi in the court of Serfojee.
KAVIRĀJAPANDITA. Kavirāja’s Rāghavapāņdariya is noticed in Nos. 8724-29. He Was patronised by the Kadamba King Virakamadeva of whom he was probably a court poet. There are sufficient reasons to believe
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