Alankar Sarvasvam

Author(s): Gaurinath Pathak
Publisher: Sharda Bhavan

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birth as no popular honk of history, give any thing about hin. Is he was the ur of the great poet Maikbaka, le milst have been born some 20 years before him.
Mankhuka flourished in the first half of the 12th century as M. M, T. Ganpati Shastri has recorded in the preface of his book Mankhuka flourished during the time of Jaisingha, the son of Sussala, who ruled over Kashmere. Jai Singha ruled over Kashmere from 1127 to 1149 A. D. So from this also, it follows that Mankhúka flourished in the first half of the 12th centuy. Mr. P. Peterson has also admitted that Mankhuka flourisrhed in the first half of the 12th century as is clear from a paragraph which runs thus :
“Author of the Sreekantha Charita and of the Mankha Kosha' according to Buhler, Kashmere Report, P. 50 the Sree Kanth Charita was probably written between 1135 and 1145 A. D.” It follows from it that Mankhuka must have been born between 1100 and 1110 A. D.
Rajanak Ruyyaka the preceptor of Mankuka must have been born between 1080 and 1090 as he is expected to be some 20 years older than Mankhuka.
Nothing is known about Ruyyaka's wife ard children. He holds a very degnitie 1 posirion among the Alankarikas It is made clear when we read the concluding lives of the Sarhivaya Lila ly this üuitor.
They are as follow :-.
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