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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
XVII
Tanjore library by Dhundhiraja the commentator on the Madraräknase is enough to tell us that the wuthor should have been & native of Northern India. The date of the author too should be taken to be earlier than 1686 A. D. for that was the date of Dbandhairāja.
RAVIDEVA.
The authorship of the Nalodaya has been called into question by various writers. The majority of the Mss. of the Nalodaya attribute the work to Kálidāsa but the work, both in point of view of style and merit, scarcely seems to be from the pen of that prince of Sanskrit poets. Obviously an inferior hand should have been at work on the composition. One Manuscript in this library, No. 3811 attributes the authorship to one Ravideva. Evidently the name Ravideva should be that of the unknown author of the Nalodaya.
Different commentaries are noticed on the Nalodaya in this ostalogue. They are:
1. By Krupa 2. By Adityasūri. 8. By Nrsihmisrama 4. Anonyinous 6. Do.
RĀMABHADRADIKSITA
For Detailed Remarks on Rimabbadra Dikgita, the reader's attention is invited to the excellent article in the 1. A. Vol. XXXIII.
VĂSUDEVA. There were several Vasudevas in Malabar and many of them wrote Kávyas to illustrate the Dhätupäţha of Panini. The work wader Notice No. 9892 is one such.
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