38 INTRODUOTION at his best aor can he surpass all others in handling any and every metre As a corroborative evidence may be cited the authoritative statement of 1S'ri Kşemendia, who remarks in his Suvrtla-Ilaka that "Abhinanda excelled in an!!!stuba, Pamını in Upajati, Ebirayı ih Vasastha, Ratnakara uu Vasantailaka, 'Bhavabhiti in Sakharint, Kalidasa in Mandakranti, and Rajasekhara in Seardnlarkrideta Our anthor is, 10 may humble opinion, perfectly at home, when he has to compose n verse in Uperatt, the most commonly used metre in the Padminantlantatakivya. He has cven used inetres like Candramm, etc., to be rarely found in other works. This Teflects no small amount of credit so far as his proficiency in prosody is concerned. As an evidence of our author's dexterity in dressing his speech with linguistic decorations no less than a handling various metres, the reader le referred to the Sanskrit Introduction (pp 8-9), Over and above this the subject-matter is both interesting and instructive cspecially to a J. As the life of thc Jing is the main fulcrum of this work, , it 19 but natural that it is also entitled as Jovendo a carita, The author has not huddled up the facts in a slipslod style but luas presented theni in the desirable garb in smooth and polished His trcatment is not abrupt nor incomplete but is 1 "अनुष्टुप सपासका साभिनन्दस्य गम्दिनी । विद्याधरय पदने गुलिवेष प्रभाव ॥ १९ ॥ स्पूहीयावचरित पाणिनेरुपमातिमि । चमवारकमाराभिरुष्पानसेम जातिमि ॥२०॥ सत्रम सा काम शस्त्रस्य चियिता । मामा मारदेयन सम्मायेनापिपरीकता ९॥ वमन्ततिरका रूदा वावटीपातरूपिनी। याकरसोस्कलिफा चपारलाननकानने ।। ३२ ।। मवभूते शिसरिता निर्गस्तादिनी । रचिरा पनन्द या मी स्वहीं ॥२२॥ मनशा कालिदास माका-सा प्रगति । पदमपसेव फादोजतगाना ॥ ४ ॥ शाईएकोदितल परयातो रामभेषरः। किन परे के मोर सोलर ५॥ पल्लेव पूर्वकपम सर्वपररा बाप । अलि सारस्वतिन् पायेगाम्यपिकाइरा १५३६ ॥"-वीचे विन्यासे (१५३-५४) 2 This is published in hargRataIn pt II (2229-54) 3 Rakwanparikatharte 4 kot l'atulacjaya modulu ya. 5 ScUtarar cheetak, Hana sinna, eta Verses
