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the science of music.' He adds that he has studied all the subjects also. But he has written other works which are now available in print.
A great Alankara work called Rasarṇavasudhakara by Simhabhupala has been published in the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series by the late Mahāmahopadhyāya Dr. T. Ganapati Sastri as No. 50 in 1916. Here there is a long introductory portion where the author gives much information about himself. There is the caste born of the feet of Visnu (the S'udra caste). Belonging to that caste there is the dynasty of Recalla where there was the king named Dacana." He defeated the Pandya king, and he had the Title of Khadganārāyaṇa. His wife was Vocamamba" who belonged to the Tamarasa dynasty." They had three sons,'
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' संगीतागमसारविद्भिरखिलैः सार्धं विचार्य स्फुटम् verse 9 in the com - mencement of his commentary.
* विद्याजातविशारदः Ibid.
3 verse 1-44.
4
तस्य (विष्णोः) पादाम्बुजाज्जातो वर्ण: verse 4.
5
तत्र रेचलवंशाब्धिशरद्रा कासुधाकरः ।
खड्गनारायणे यस्मिन् verse 7.
" तस्य भार्या महाभाग्या
कलानिधिरुदार श्रीरासीद् दाचननायकः ॥ verse 5. The name of the dynasty is recerla and lla in the printed edition must be a mistake for rlla.
" यस्यासिधारामार्गेण दुर्गेणापि रणाङ्कणे ।
पाण्डयराजगजानीकाजयलक्ष्मीरुपागता | verse 6.
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जाता तामरसान्वयात् Ibid.
" तयोरभूवन् ..
. वोचमाम्बा गुणोदारा verse 8.
10
पुत्रास्त्रय: verse 9.
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