रत्नावली नाटिका (सम्राट हर्षवर्धन - शास्त्रीय नाटिका रत्न सम्पूर्ण ४ अङ्क सान्वय सटीक)

xviii RATNAVALI great pride and covetable as well to any person whoever he may be. The line ‘श्रीहर्षादेर्भाणादीनामिव धनम्’ indicates that Bána in consideration of his superior poetic merit acquired a large amount of money as a reward from his patron. Another contention put forward by Mr. Náráyana S'ástrigal is the identification of Dhávaka with Bhása who was according to him the court-poet of S'ri Harsha Vikrama about whom a reference is found in the Rájatarangini (cf. तत्रानेहस्याप्यभवत् श्रीमान् हर्षपराभिधः । एकच्छत्रश्चक्रवर्ती विक्रमादित्य इत्यभूत्—III. 125 ). Mr. S'ástri bases his contention on the lines of कविविमर्श ascribed to Rájas'ekara, where the authorship of Ratnávali is ascribed to Bhása who was a washerman (Dhávaka) ; cf :— “कारणं तु कवित्वस्य न सम्पद्नकुलीनता । धावकोऽपि हि यद्भासः कवीनामग्रिमोऽभवत् ॥