Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tanjore Vol 19

SR No.: 020244
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P P S Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1934
Total Pages: 260
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 14 MB

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throne in 1580 A. D. The work seems to have been composed during the reign of Krona Devaraya.
6. ARUNAGIRINĀTHA. Arunagirinātha was the son of Rājanātha and grandson of Kavi Prabha who belonged to the Såmavedašákhins. He was a source of terror to Någana, a poet, and also to the poets of the kingdom of Ballálarāya. He lived in the village of Parendrāgra. hāra in the Chittoor Dt. The author was called by the title of Dindima Kavi Sārvabbauma and was the grandson by the daugh. ter Abhiramanåyikā of Dindimaprabhu and the nephew of Sabhå· pati Bhattāraka. He is the author of Yogananda (Nos. 4687-8) also called Somavallsyoganandam.
7 RĀJANĀTHA. He was the son of Arunagirinātba and wrote Acyuta. räyåbhyudaya (No. 4070) a poem in twelve Sargas describing the birth and the leading incidents and exploits in the life of Achyutarāya who succeeded his brother Krishnariya as King of Vijayanagar and Bhagavatacampü (No. 4216). Rājanåtha who was well-known by his title Dindimakavi is the reputed author of Såluvābhyudaya a historical poem describing the greatDess, valour and exploits of Nfsim hadevará ya who reigned at Chandragiri and afterwards at Vijayanagar.
8. RATNAKETA SRINIVĀSA DIKSITA.
Srinivasa Dikaita or Srinivasādhvari was born of Bha. vaswami Bhatta fourth in descent from the Bhäşyakāra Bhava. svimi. His genealogy is given in full in the introduction to his drama Bhävadå purupottama (No. 4427). We learn that he was the court poet of the Cola king Sri Sūrappa Nayak of Cenji and that his native village was Būra Samudra in Tondiramandala. Ratnaketa Dikçita was the honorific title conferred upon him by his Royal Patron, as soon as he heard his exquisite description of the evening twilight. Since then, he has been more familiarly known as Ratnaketa Dikrita or Ratnaketa Srlaivāsa Dikaita. Ratnaketa and Appaya Dikaita were direct contemporaries. It would appear that not much love was lost between them. Viraråghave Kavi refers to thein as contemporaries in the following verse