Najjaraj Yashobhushanam

Author(s): Embar Krishnamacharya
Publisher: Oriental Institute

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INTRODUCTION
The Nañjarājayas'obhaşaņa now presented to the public as No. XLVIII of the Gaekwad's Oriental Series is an Alankâra work similar to the Pratáparudrayas'obhüşana. The author Narasimhakavi, in the pages of the work, gives an account of the science of Rhetorics and cites as illustrations for the various forms of Alankâra etc. his own stanzas describing the qualities of his patron. Nañjarâja who is thus glorified by Narasimhakavi played an important part in the administration of the kingdom of Mysore in the middle of the 18th century.
From the passages of the work quoted below it can be ascertained that Nanjarâja was born in the Royal family of Kalale”, that his father3 was one Vîrarâja, that he had an elder brother by name Devarâja, that he was the disciples of Saundaresaguru, and that he possessedó much learning and was himself a patron? of learning. That he was also a staunch worshipper of Siva is known from several passages in the work. The works attributed to his authorship are the following :
1. Sangitagangâdbara. 2. Hâlâsyamâhâtmyam. 3. S'ivabhaktivilâsa. 4. Kakudgirimâhâtmyam. 5. Kâsimahimârtha-Darpaņam. 6. Kâsîkândam. 7. Garalapurimâhâtmyam.
1. Pablished in the Bombay Sanskrit Series as No. LXV in 1909. 2. F311 sarana agaala (p. 13); Fodrakt (p. 14). 3. Diariameno (p. 159). 4. FIGHT (p. 202).
ain494919 etc. (p. 157). 6. farah: SHIRT (p. 9). 7. ARTIST HIFTTT TIHEERA tescia: (p. 89). 8. This is substantiated by the fact that his family God was the image in the
Nanjangud temple and that he made some additions to and restored some portions of the temple itself (vide Mysore Gazetteer by Lewis Rice
vol. II p. 289.) 9. The first is a Sangkrit work; while the rest are in Canarese.