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

XXX INTRODUCTION. forefathers.¹ Akālajalada his great-grandfather was famous for his poetical gems.² His verses were plagiarized by Kādambarīrāma in his drama.³ Surānanda, Tarala and Kavirāja also belonged to this family. Surānanda seems to have been famous at the court of Chedi.⁴ It appears from his opinion quoted in the Kāvya- mīmāṁsā that he had written some work on poetics. ⁵Tarala was also a poet of some eminence. Nothing is known about Kavirāja. Rājaśekhara's father Durduka or Duhika was a great minister (Mahāmantrī), and his mother's name was Śīlavatī. Rājaśekhara's caste. We have seen that Rājaśekhara belonged to the Yāyāvara family, but it is not clear whether he was a Brāhmaṇa or a Kshatriya. His position as the Upādhyāya of King Mahendrapāla speaks in favour of his being a Brāhmaṇa; while the name Rājaśekhara and the fact that his wife was of the Chahuāna⁶ family may lead one to think that he was a Kshatriya. Rājaśekhara not a Sectarian. As the author of the Haravilāsa, Rājaśekhara might be regarded to have been a staunch Śaiva, but from the quotations in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā⁷ in praise of Vishṇu, it seems that he was not a sectarian. On the other hand, from the Maṅgala verse of the Haravilāsa, it is clear that he believed जडेन तेनोदयसुन्दरीति कथा दुरालोकिनि काव्यमार्गे । सारस्वतालोकलबैकदृष्ट्या सृष्टा कविम्मन्यमनोरथेन ॥ सा चात्र देवीभवने निवृत्तशापार्तिना बाणकवीश्वरेण । कविश्रमोद्धूतकृपेण सम्यक् श्रुता धृता हृद्यभिनन्दिता च ॥ वागीश्वरं हन्त भजेऽभिनन्दमर्थेश्वरं वाक्पतिराजमीडे । रसेश्वरं स्तौमि च कालिदासं बाणं तु सर्वेश्वरमानतोऽस्मि ॥ 8th Uchchhvāsa. 1 स मूर्तो यत्रासीद्गुणगण इवाकालजलदः सुरानन्दः सोऽपि श्रवणपुटपेयेन वचसा । न चान्ये गण्यन्ते तरलकविराजप्रभृतयो महाभागस्तस्मिन्नयमजनि यायावरकुले ॥ Bālarāmāyaṇa I, 13. 2 अकालजलदेन्दोः सा हृद्या वचनचन्द्रिका । नित्यं कविचकोरैर्य्या पीयते न च हीयते ॥ Rājaśekhara quoted in the Sūktimuktāvalī. 3 अकालजलदश्लोकैश्चित्रमात्मकृतैरिव । जातः कादम्बरीरामो नाटके प्रवरः कविः ॥ Ibid. 4 नदीनां मेकलसुता नृपाणां रणविग्रहः । कवीनां च सुरानन्दश्चेदिमण्डलमण्डनम् ॥ Ibid. 5 यायावरकुलश्रेणेर्हारस्यैष मण्डनम् । सुवर्णवर्णरुचिरस्तरुलस्तरलो यथा ॥ Ibid. 6 चाहुआणकुलमोलिमालिआ राजसेहरइन्दगेहिणी । भत्तुणो कइमवन्दिसुन्दरी सा पउञ्जयिदुमेअमिच्छइ ॥ Karp. 1, 11. 7 pp. 42, 43.