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अमरुशतकम्
that listened to him, was enlightened on the true nature of
life and attained the bliss of perfect detachment from
worldly life.
This is the legendary account of the author and of the
origin of the poem. We really know next to nothing about
his date or life or personality. His verses are cited by
Vamanas. anonymously. But the first to mention him by
name as an eminent poet of love is Anandavardhana (ninth
century). Peterson quotes a line from an unknown
commentary on the poem, which mentions him as belonging
to the Goldsmith caste. He belongs to a time prior to the
eighth century, but his exact date is uncertain.
The Recensions of the Amaruśataka
There are three recensions of the Amruśataka--I. the
Southern, represented by Vema, II, the Eastern or Bengali,
represented by Ravicandra and III, the Western, represented
by Arjuna. R. Simon, however, distinguishes a fourth, cha-
racterized as mixed. This consists of a miscellaneous assort-
ment of two Devanagari and five Bengali mss without any
commentary and the versions of Rudrama and Ramarudra.
Thus it cannot be a recension by itself, but as pointed out
by Dr. De, just a strange miscellaneous grouping of mss
which are misch-codices, i. e. conflated mss in which are
fused together different streams of independent tradition.
The number of such con flated mss will be found to be very
large indeed; and by way of example we mention the
Anandăśrama ms No. 7052, which gives the Sāradāgama
Vyakhyāna, a commentary by the famous Acyutaraya, who
explains the text in the double sense of passion (Kāmānanda)
and dispassion (Paramānanda) in the manner of Ravicandra.
8. काव्यालंकार iii. 24; iv. 3.12; v. 2.8.
9. विश्वप्रख्यात नाडिँधमकुलतिलको विश्वकर्मा द्वितीयः ।
अमरुशतकम्
that listened to him, was enlightened on the true nature of
life and attained the bliss of perfect detachment from
worldly life.
This is the legendary account of the author and of the
origin of the poem. We really know next to nothing about
his date or life or personality. His verses are cited by
Vamanas. anonymously. But the first to mention him by
name as an eminent poet of love is Anandavardhana (ninth
century). Peterson quotes a line from an unknown
commentary on the poem, which mentions him as belonging
to the Goldsmith caste. He belongs to a time prior to the
eighth century, but his exact date is uncertain.
The Recensions of the Amaruśataka
There are three recensions of the Amruśataka--I. the
Southern, represented by Vema, II, the Eastern or Bengali,
represented by Ravicandra and III, the Western, represented
by Arjuna. R. Simon, however, distinguishes a fourth, cha-
racterized as mixed. This consists of a miscellaneous assort-
ment of two Devanagari and five Bengali mss without any
commentary and the versions of Rudrama and Ramarudra.
Thus it cannot be a recension by itself, but as pointed out
by Dr. De, just a strange miscellaneous grouping of mss
which are misch-codices, i. e. conflated mss in which are
fused together different streams of independent tradition.
The number of such con flated mss will be found to be very
large indeed; and by way of example we mention the
Anandăśrama ms No. 7052, which gives the Sāradāgama
Vyakhyāna, a commentary by the famous Acyutaraya, who
explains the text in the double sense of passion (Kāmānanda)
and dispassion (Paramānanda) in the manner of Ravicandra.
8. काव्यालंकार iii. 24; iv. 3.12; v. 2.8.
9. विश्वप्रख्यात नाडिँधमकुलतिलको विश्वकर्मा द्वितीयः ।