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अमरुशतकम्
Rudrama is a very old commentator, earlier than Vema,
whose date is circa 1403-1420. I 16 have elsewhere shown
that Rudramadevakumāra is identical with Prataparudra o
the Kakatiya dynasty (circa 1290-1332. He was the
grandson of Rudramāmbā - the famous Kākatiya queen who
ruled for a long time after her father Ganapati. An inscrip-
tion of 1261 A. D. speaks of her having made grants with
the consent of her father, and of her having a son, Rudra-
deva. This Rudradeva was her daughter's son, whom she
had adopted at her father's behest, and to whom she handed
over the reins of the kingdom in circa 1290. The inscriptions
of the first few years of his reign describe the king as
Kumāra Rudradeva Mahārāja in contra-distinction to his
grandmother Rudramamba who is described in those very
inscriptions as Rudradeva Mahārāja. In fact, as the Pratāpa-
rudriya narrates, her father Ganapati, having no male issue,
brought her up as his son and gave her the name Rudra. In
several inscriptions of her reign she is described as Rudra-
deva Mahārāja, Rudrama-Mahadevi, and it is clear that the
word Rudrama is Rudra, the affix ma being common to both
a masculine and a feminine name. Kumāra Rudradeva of
the inscriptions is Rudrama-deva-kumāra which name meiri
causa is given to him in the colophon to his commentary:-
रुद्रमदेवकुमारः विदग्धचूडामणिः व्यवृणोत्. He was reputed to be
a patron of learning and was himself a writer of some dis-
tinction, having written two dramas Yayāticarita and Uṣā-
ragodaya. It is plausible to suppose that his literary work
was done before he assumed the reins of kingship, which,
in view of the strenuous times ahead. could hardly have
afforded him the leisure necessary for literary efforts. Не
does not seem to have known the commentary of Arjuna
10. The identity of Rudramadevakumāra with Pratapa-
rudra. Annals BORI. Vol. 38 Pp. 249-254.
अमरुशतकम्
Rudrama is a very old commentator, earlier than Vema,
whose date is circa 1403-1420. I 16 have elsewhere shown
that Rudramadevakumāra is identical with Prataparudra o
the Kakatiya dynasty (circa 1290-1332. He was the
grandson of Rudramāmbā - the famous Kākatiya queen who
ruled for a long time after her father Ganapati. An inscrip-
tion of 1261 A. D. speaks of her having made grants with
the consent of her father, and of her having a son, Rudra-
deva. This Rudradeva was her daughter's son, whom she
had adopted at her father's behest, and to whom she handed
over the reins of the kingdom in circa 1290. The inscriptions
of the first few years of his reign describe the king as
Kumāra Rudradeva Mahārāja in contra-distinction to his
grandmother Rudramamba who is described in those very
inscriptions as Rudradeva Mahārāja. In fact, as the Pratāpa-
rudriya narrates, her father Ganapati, having no male issue,
brought her up as his son and gave her the name Rudra. In
several inscriptions of her reign she is described as Rudra-
deva Mahārāja, Rudrama-Mahadevi, and it is clear that the
word Rudrama is Rudra, the affix ma being common to both
a masculine and a feminine name. Kumāra Rudradeva of
the inscriptions is Rudrama-deva-kumāra which name meiri
causa is given to him in the colophon to his commentary:-
रुद्रमदेवकुमारः विदग्धचूडामणिः व्यवृणोत्. He was reputed to be
a patron of learning and was himself a writer of some dis-
tinction, having written two dramas Yayāticarita and Uṣā-
ragodaya. It is plausible to suppose that his literary work
was done before he assumed the reins of kingship, which,
in view of the strenuous times ahead. could hardly have
afforded him the leisure necessary for literary efforts. Не
does not seem to have known the commentary of Arjuna
10. The identity of Rudramadevakumāra with Pratapa-
rudra. Annals BORI. Vol. 38 Pp. 249-254.