Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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Vikrama 811 (A. D. 754). This means that Yašovarman must have died some time about 754 A. D. We may therefore, put the reigning period of Yasovarman between 725 A. D. to 752 A. D.28
IV. Vākpatiraja-Some Personal Details and his Date:
Speaking about himself in his autobiographical account (797-804), Vākpatirāja gives the following particulars :
(i) A Poet at the court of Yasovarman, whose favourite he was ( Panai-lava), he was honoured by him with a distinctive title of Kavirāja.
(ii) The revered poet Kamalayudha, his contemporary, held him in high regard.
(iii) He owes a deep debt of gratitude to the great poet Bhavabhūti, since, whatever good points may be found even to-day in his (own) voluminous (Viada) compositions, are like the spray-particles of poetic nectar, (obtained by churning) the ocean of Bhavabhūti's literature.
(iv) Bhasa-Jvalanamitra, Kuntideva, Kālidāsa, the author of the Raghuvamsa, Subandhu and Haricandra, were his great source of delight.
(v) He was well read in scriptures, grammar, Prosody, Natya-Sastra, Nyāya-Śāstra (logic or dialectics), legendary narratives like the Mahābhārata and Purānas and works of many great poets.
(vi) He commanded a large circle of learned friends and admirers, whe loved to listen to his poetic utterances with wrapt attention, nodding their heads in appreciation".
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28. Mirashi - Bhavabhūti - P. 6.