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

198 EXPLANATORY NOTES p. 55-7 that Sāhasāṅka or Candragupta II was a patron of Sans- krit learning and encouraged men of letters. The fact that the king Sāhasāṅka was also a poet will be evident by the following verses :— भासो रामिलसोमिलौ वररुचिः श्रीसाहसाङ्कः कविः etc. and शूरः शास्त्रविधेर्ज्ञाता साहसांकः स भूपतिः। सेव्यं सकललोकस्य विदधे गन्धमादनम्॥ Sūktimuktāvali 4, 57, 111. *[ l. 23. सुसम्मृष्टा भित्तयः=well-cleaned walls or well rubbed plates. In ancient times they used to write as well as paint on walls. Brass plates are still being used by shop-keepers for writing daily accounts. ] ll. 21-25. सम्पुटिका=a box. सफ़लकखटिका=a piece of chalk fixed to a wooden piece. समुद्गकः=a box. All these materials are to be kept always near a poet as he is required to write down whatever verses he may compose mentally at any time. Yāyāvarīya thinks that the collection of materials mentioned above is not the real requisite for the composition of poetry as suggested by the Ācāryas, but the poetical genius or प्रतिभा alone is its chief necessity. see Vāmana's sūtra 'कवित्वबीजं प्रतिभानम्' । 1-3-16. l. 26. कल्पयेत्=make himself equipped. l. 27. परिवृढः=king or patron. Page. 51. l. 2. Yāyāvarīya thinks that the above instructions of the Ācāryas hold good in the case of poets who are not competent to compose in more than one dialect. l. 7. भूतभाषा=पैशाची। l. 8. For the definition and boundaries of Madhyadeśa see page 94 of the Kāvyamīmāṁsā. l. 13. अतिक्रान्ते=after the poet's demise. l. 21. लेशस्वादु=excellent in parts. This may be construed thus:—लेशस्वादपि काव्यं कौतुकात् बालस्त्रीहीनजातीनां मुखान्मुखं याति। l. 23. कार्यावसरसज् l=those who make the best use of a favourable opportunity. This is not necessarily to be taken as an adjective to परिम्राजाम् महीभुजाम् and सद्यःकवीनाम्।