काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

192 EXPLANATORY NOTES मुक्तकलक्षणमुक्तं भामहेन— प्रथमं मुक्तादीनामृजु लक्षणमुच्यते । यदेव गांभीर्यौदार्यशौर्यनीतिमतिस्पृशा ॥ भवेन्मुक्तकमेकेन द्विकं द्वाभ्यां त्रिकं त्रिभिः । Abhinavagupta in his commentary on Dhvani (3-7,) however, gives a definition of मुक्तक in the following words:— मुक्तमन्येन नालिङ्गितम् । तस्य संज्ञायां कन् । तेन स्वतन्त्रतया परिसमाप्तनिराकाङ्क्षार्थमपि प्रबन्धमध्यवर्ति मुक्तकमित्युच्यते ॥ The same idea is also expressed by Rājaśekhara when he says:—मुक्तेतिवृत्तः शुद्धः । Page. 47. *[ ll. 1-4. सा पत्युः (अमरु 29) ]. ll. 1-4. Here is described the behaviour of a मुग्धानायिका when she finds fault with the conduct of her lover for the first time. *[ l. 5. दूरादुत्सुकमागते (अमरु. 49) attributed to रतिपाल in कवीन्द्रवचन- समुच्चय. *[ ll. 9-12. दत्वा रुद्धगतिः records a historical incident. ध्रुवस्वामिनी or ध्रुवदेवी was the queen of चन्द्रगुप्तविक्रमादित्य and mother of कुमारगुप्त I ] ll. 9-12. The subject matter of this verse is styled by Rājaśe- khara as कथोत्थः वृत्तेतिवृत्तः । The word Kathā is controversial in the sense that it may either denote an actual historical fact or may record mere tradition. But the incident alluded to in this verse may be taken as an historical fact. Evidently, it refers to the event connected with king S'rīśarmagupta, his queen Dhruvasvā- minī and one Khasādhipati who was hostile to S'rīśarmagupta. All these persons excepting Dhruvadevī or Dhruvasvāminī who was the queen of Candragupta II and the mother of Kumāragupta I of the Gupta dynasty are unknown to history. But the literary evidence culled from such ancient works as Harṣacarita of Bāṇa, (अरि(अलि)पुरे च परकलत्रकामुकं कामिनीवेशगुप्तो गुप्तः चन्द्रगुप्तः शकपतिं प्रशशास । 6th Uccvāsa); Devicandragupta of Viśākhadatta (fragments of which are available from the S'ṛṅgāraprakāśa of Bhoja and the Nāṭyadar- paṇa of Rāmacandra and Guṇacandra. (G.O.S. No. 48); and Sañjan copperplates of king Amoghavarṣa I dated S'aka 795 (E. I. Vol. XVIII p. 248) points to all these being names of historical personages. From the information obtained from different sources it appears that there was a king Rāmagupta by name who had