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Kavyanusasana
in Saradadesa (i. e. Kasmir ), Sagara - the ocean of wonderful intelligence and Rāma learned in Logic and Dialectics. On the side of Devasūri were the 'poet laureate Sripāla and Bhābhū-a man of wonderful genius '. On the side of Kumudachandra were the three Keşavas'. The general Şilānka and at first the minister Gāngila were, somehow, against, Devasūri.
Unfortunately we have no other information about these learned people. Utsāha, we know from the part he plays in the drama, was a grammarian. He must be the same man as was sent from Kashmir with the eight grammars for Hemachandra.
The learned assembly of Siddharāja is compared by Devasűri to the divine assembly of Indra known as Sudharmā Sabhā. The poet Srīpāla says 'one can remain proud of his proficiency in Grammar, Poetry and Poetics, and Logic and Dialectics as long as one has not visited the Assembly of Jayasimha.'+
The Pra. Cha. quotes a verse attributed to Hemachandra which we have already referred to. It is, however, not explicit on the point whether Hemachandra was actually present in the assembly. __+" देवसूरिः---कश्चायं स्वसभया पराजितायां सुधर्मायां सुधास्पर्धानुबन्धो धराधीश्वरस्य । किं नालोक्यन्तेऽनेकचतुराननाः । किं न परिस्फुरन्ति गणनाति. कान्ता गिरीशाः । किं न लक्षीक्रियन्ते पुण्डरीकाक्षाः। किं न जम्भन्ते भूरिशो जिष्णवः । किं नोल्लसन्ति बहवो राजहंसाः। किं न विलसन्ति सहस्रशो भूतनयबुधाः । किं न प्रगल्भायन्ते मध्येसुधर्माधिकृतो मन्त्रिणः ।
कविः [ श्रीपाल:]-भगवन् ईदृगेव गुर्जरेश्वरस्य सभा । तथा हि ताव व्याकरणप्रवीणभणितिः [तेः] प्रागल्भ्यमुज्जम्भते तावत् काव्यविचारभारधरणे धीरायते धुर्यता । सावत् तर्ककथानुबन्धविषमे बद्धाभिलाषं मनो यावन्नो जयसिंहदेवसदसि प्रेक्षावतामागमः ॥
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