UCC ID: UCCIK-347544

NCC ID: UCCIK-16.176b.4

Name Of The Text: NIL(NIL)

Name Of The Author: भवभूति (Bhavabhūti)

Total Manuscripts: 1

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Language: Sanskrit

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Details Of The Author: alias Śrīkaṇtha, son of Nīlakaṇṭha and Jātūkarṇī; grandson of Bhaṭṭa Gopāla of Padmapura; identified with Umbeka or Viśvarūpa; contemporary of Vākpatirāja; patronised by King Yaśovarman of Kanauj (Rājataraṅgiṇī IV. 144). Ref. to himself as pupil of Kumārila; ref. to by Citsukha as different from Umbeka. See P. Mīm. App. pp. 23. 33. Cf. Adyar D. IX. 7; also see IHQ. XXXIV ̶ 1 1958. pp. 29 ̶ 39. See V. Raghavan, Bhoja's Śṛ. Pra. pp. 255 ̶ 57. See Wint. HIL. Vol. I. pp. 456. 540; S. N. Dasgupta. HSL. Classical Period, Vol. I. pp. xxi. ff. 8fn. ff. See D. C. Bhattacarya, Bhavabhūti, Maṇḍana Sureśvara: The problem of their identity. AIOC. VI. xiv. IHQ. VII. 301 ̶ 08. For Bhavabhūti's Indebtedness to Kauṭilya, see Dasharatha Sharma, J of the G. Jha R. I. VII. Pt. 3. 1951. pp. 249 ̶ 56. See Bhavabhūti and his contemporary Detraction, G. C. Jhala, J. of Ori. Inst. M. S. Uni. Baroda XIV. pp. 448. See Bhavabhūtibhāratī. An essay on the poetical art of Bhavabhūti by Kumāratātārya, Pattambi, 1902. See Bhavabhūti ̶ The birthplace of, by V. V. Mirashi. IHQ. XI. 2. 1935, pp. 287 ̶ 299. His verses are q. by Kṣemendra in Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa, Bhojaprabandha; Skm. vv. 57, 62, 69; Sbhv. vv. 81. 3129; Pdy. vv. 325 ̶ 26; Vidyākarasahasraka, vv. 354. 765. Śp. vv. 146. 215. 749. 791. 3453. 3850. 4075. See ZDMG. 27 (1873) 63 ̶ 64. See MT. 7731, being a thesis on Bhavabhūti by K. A. Ganapati Aiyer submitted in 1940 ̶ 42.