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साहित्यरत्नाकर of धर्मसूरि.
| Resource Type | : | Manuscript |
| Year/Date of Publication | : | 1864 |
| Original Era | : | शके 1786 |
| Subject | : | Rhetoric |
| Script | : | Devanagari Handwriting |
| Notes/Description | : | A work on Rhetoric in ten chapters, conta-ining also the life of Rama in the verses quoted as instances, composed by Dharmasuri, son of Parvatanatha and a descendant of Varanasi.Dharmasuri’s grandfather Tripurari had three sons Narayana, Parvatanatha and Ram Of these, Narayana had obtained a palanquin, a chowri and an umbrella from King Dharma (perhaps the Trigarta prince of that name who ruled in 1528 A. D; cf. Duff, Chronology of India, p. 307); and Parvatanatha, having vanquished Janardana, had obtained the title Vadi-kesari perhaps from the same king.Narakasuravadha is another work of Dharmasuri,where he mentions himself as the author of a poem called Balabhagavata; see No. 1285 below and I. 0., No. 4185. In the present work also, on fol. 58b, the author mentions Kansavadha as his own Nataka. Again on fol. 18b, he describes himself as the author of Kayalankara,Krsuastuti, Ravis’ataka &c. Besides Kavyaprakas’a, Das'arupa, Bhattanayaka, S’ankuka. S’rngaratilaka, Lallata, Bhojaraj &c., he quotes Vidyanatha (on fol. 28b), who flourished towards the close of the 13th century A. D. (See Kane, Intro. to Sahitya.(2nd ed. ), p. CXIX and No. 144 above.)Cf. Burnell, Tanjore MSS., p. 58a; Peterson,Reports, IV p. 37; Gov. Ori. Libr. Madras, p. 106;Stein, p. 65; Hultzsch, Reports, Nos. 297 and 1172 &c, fo other Mss. of the work. |
| Pages/Folios | : | Folios: 59 , Lines: 20 , Folio Size in Inches: 13.25 x 8.25 |
| Identifier | : | MS_00000161 |
| Digitization Sponsor | : | Government of Maharashtra |
