Indian Antiquary Vol 45

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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1236, at Tiruvallam in the North Arcot District.33 Champa conquered by Sayana may perhaps be the grandson of the above.
There is also a mutilated verse referring to an attack on Garudanagara by Sangama Il and Sayana and the defeat of the chief of that place. According to Aufrecht,34 Sayaņa died in A. D. 1387.
Bhoganatha. Bhoganitha, the younger brother of Siyana, was already referred to (page 3) as the composer of the Bifragunta grant, in which he styles himself the narma-sachiva of Sangama II. The following verses from the Alank dra-sudhanidhi bear evidence to the intimacy between Sangama II and Bhôganatha and thus substantiate Bhôganatha's statement that he was an intimate companion of Sangama II.
अन्योन्यप्रणयापराधनिभृतव्यापारदीनात्मनोः देवीसंगमयो ४ पराङ्मुखतयाप्येकासने तस्थुषोः। मध्ये सायणमंत्रिणा न भणितं श्रीभोगनायेन वा नोक्तं नर्मसखीजनेन च तदप्यन्योन्यमुदीक्षितं !! भूभृतः संगमेंद्रस्य भोगनाथस्य वा कवेः।
वारणां वारणी वाथ बारि प्रविशतां हि ये॥ Though Bhöganatha was known to be a poet by reason of his having composed the Bitragunta grant, no information was available as to any of his works. It is therefore gratifying to note that the Alankara-sudhanidhi names and quotes from six of his works. Their names are (1) Ramóllasa, (2) Tripura-vijaya, (3) Udaharana-mala, (4) Mahaganapati-stava, (5) Sringara-mañjari, and (6) Gaurinathashtaka. In one place Sîyana says, " Examples of the rules have to be sought for in Bhoganatha's works (तेषामदाहरणानि भोगनाथकाव्येषु द्रष्टव्यानि), thus indicating the regard in which he held his brother's works. A verse from (4) was quoted on page 3 when speaking of the Guru Srikantha. Several of the verses quoted above in praise of Sâyana's valour are from (3). A few verses will be viven below from his other works, namely, (1), (2), (6) and (6). (1)
शिशिरेषु शिलातलेषु रामस्तरुमलेषु तलीहरी दरीषु ।
सरसीषु च विश्रमय्य मुग्धां पथि पाषाणिनि तां शनैरनैषीत् ।। (2) उपर्यधोरचितमयश्च राजतं तयोईयो कनकमयं च मध्यतः।
परत्रयं दहनविधेपुरोऽप्यगात् सधमतां स वहनसां सभस्मतां ॥ पौलोम्या : करयुगयंत्रवारिधारा दीर्घा या दशशतलोचने पपात ।
सा पक्ष्मण्यतिकरचंचरीकञ्चन्नेबाडजस्तबकभृदेकनाळमासीत् ।। (5) ईषन्मृष्टकुरंगनाभितिलकैरिजांबुधर्मोदय
यकीभूतरदक्षतव्यतिकराकीर्णचूर्णालकैः। शाम्यकुंडलतांडवैशशिमुखीवलेस्तदा श्रीळितै
रंभीविभ्रमदर्पणैनिजगदे संभोगलीलाश्रमः ।। The verse beginning अन्योन्य, quoted above, is also from this work. (6)
कष्टाय प्रसवाय पानपदवीशिष्टाय कांक्षानल गुप्टाय प्रथमानमत्सरगुणाविष्टाय पुष्टात्मने ।। रुष्टाय प्रतिषिद्धकार्यघटनातुष्टाय सृष्टागसे
गौरीनाथ गुणाधिनाथ जनक प्राणासु मयं भवान् ।। (1) and (2) appear to be kâvyas based on the Ramayana and the Puranas. The quotations prove that Bhôganatha was no mean poet. He was a worthy brother of Midha vicharya and Sayaņa. 33 Epi. Ind., III, 70.
31 Catalogus Catalogorum, p. 711.