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

XL INTRODUCTION. sitions, and the works of its poets are well constructed and the mode of their recitation is, as it were, pouring honey in ears. Rajas'ekhara and the Lāṭades'a. Rājasekhara seems to have come much in contact with the Lāṭadeśa, probably through his royal patron. He has made Karpūramañjarī, the heroine of his play Karpūramañjarī, the daughter of the king of the Lāṭadeśa. The Viddhasālabhañjikā also belongs to the king of the same country. In the Bālarāmāyaṇa, it is described as the crest¹ of the earth. The elegance of speech and beauty of its ladies are much dilated upon by him in the ²Kāvyamīmāṁsā and the ³Bālarāmāyaṇa. Ancient Indian Geography according to the Kāvya- mīmāṁsā. Rājaśekhara seems to have been very fond of and much acquainted with the geography of India. In the tenth act of his Bālarāmāyaṇa, he describes the countries lying on the way from Ceylon to Ayodhyā. Comprehensive knowledge of the various countries of India is obtained from the 17th chapter of the Kāvyamīmāṁsā. Hemachandra and Vāgbhaṭa have borrowed this whole-sale in their works. The information given in this chapter, however, is in brief, as he refers one who wants further information on the subject, to his Bhuvana-Kos'a. Rājaśekhara divides आर्यावर्त into five parts 1 पूर्वदेशः, 2 दक्षिणापथः, 3 पश्चाद्देशः, 4 उत्तरापथः and 5 मध्यदेशः. 1 अयमसावितो विश्वम्भराशिरःशेखर इव लाटदेशः। Act X. 2 पठन्ति लटभं लाटाः प्राकृतं संस्कृतद्विषः । जिह्वया ललितोल्लापलब्धसौन्दर्यमुद्रया ॥ Kāvyamīmāṁsā, p. 34. 3 यद्योनिः किल संस्कृतस्य सुदृशां जिह्वासु यन्मोदते यत्र श्रोत्रपथावतारिणि कटुर्माषाक्षराणां रसः । गद्यं चूर्णपदं पदं रतिपतेस्तत्प्राकृतं यद्वचस्तांस्तांस्तांललितानि पश्य नुदती दृष्टेर्निमेषव्रतम् ॥ किंच— लक्षीकर्तुं प्रवृत्तोऽपि लाटीलडङ्गीक्षितैः । लक्षीभवति कन्दर्पः स्वेषामेवात्र पत्रिणाम् ॥ Bālarāmāyaṇa, Act x, 48-49.