प्राचीन भारत में शिक्षा (डॉ. ए.एस. अल्तेकर - गुरुकुल एवं बौद्ध विहार शिक्षण इतिहास)

218 EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA [Ch. composed poetry in Prakrit. Among the authors from whom selections have been made in the Gāthā- sapta-śatī of Hāla, there are sevan poetesses, their names being Revā¹ Rohā,² Mādhavī³ Anulakshmī,⁴ Pāhaī,⁵ Vaddhavahī⁶ and Saśiprabhā.⁷ Some of the Sanskrit anthologies also have preserved the memory of a few other poetesses, who seem to have composed poetry of a very high order. Sīlabhaṭṭārikā was famous for her easy and graceful style, noted for a harmonious combination of sense and sound.⁸ Devī was a well known poetess of Gujarat, who continued to enchant her readers on the earth even after her departure to heaven.⁹ Vijayāṅkā's fame in Berar was second only to that of Kālidāsa¹⁰. She seems to have attained a really high position among Sanskrit poets and poetesses, for the poet Rājaśekhara compares her to Saraswatī.¹¹ A drama,

1. I, 87 and 90. 2. II, 63.
2. I, 91. 4. III, 28, 63, 74, 76.
3. I, 70. 6. I, 86. 7. IV, 4.
4. शब्दार्थयोः समो गुंफः पांचालीरीतिरुच्यते । शीलभट्टारिकावाचि................................॥
5. सूक्तीनां स्मरकेलीनां कलानां च विलासभूः । प्रभुर्देवी कवी लाटी गतापि हृदि तिष्ठति ॥
6. सरस्वतीय कर्णाटी विजयांका जयत्यसौ । या वैदर्भंगिरां वासः कालिदासादनंतरम् ॥
7. नीलोत्पलदलश्यामां विजयांकामजानता । वृथैव दण्डिनाप्युक्तं सर्वशुक्ला सरस्वती ॥ These verses are attributed to Rājaśekhara in the Sūktimuktāvali.
8. शीळाविजामारुलामोरिकायाः काव्यं कर्तुं संति विज्ञाःस्त्रियोपि । विद्यां वेत्तुं वादिनो निर्विजेतुं विश्वं वक्तुं यः प्रवीणः स वन्द्यः ॥ Śarang. P.