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was Sodhala. He was patronised by King Singhaņa.? This is a king of the Yadava dynasty, who ruled in Deogiri (modern Doulatabad) from 1210 to 1247 A.D.' Sārngadeva was the son of this Sodhala." He speaks about his own learning in detail."
Many commentaries are known to have been written on this work of Sārngadeva. The editors of the work from Calcutta say that they have known of seven commentaries, of which four are in Sanskrit, one in Hindi and two in Telugu. But they had seen only two of the Sanskrit commentaries (evidently those by Kallinātha and Simhabhūpāla) and the one in Hindi. The late Dr.. M. Krishnamacharyar mentions the following commentaries on it, in his Classical Sanskrit Literature': Sirihabhūpāla, Kes'ava, Kallinātha, Hamsabhūpala, Chandrikā, and the Hindi commentary by Gangārāma. Of these the commentaries by Simhabhūpāla and Kallinātha will be taken up for detailed consideration presently.
The commentary by Kesava is called Kaustubha, according to Dr. Krishnamacharyar. A commentary by Kesava is mentioned in the Sangitasudhā°
anay: ... Acc; verse 5.
a....uit hedt fagù xirfa Ibid. saka 1132-1169. 'ana... 18: ca: verse 9. * verses 10-14. Preface, p. 4. para 1004, page 853. foot-note 2 on p. 853.
Sargitasudhā of Govinda Dikşita mentions Kesava's commentary in:
' एनां स्फुटीकर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तौ यौ ब्राह्मणौ केशवकल्लिनाथौ । Edition of Music Academy, Madras, No. 1, p. 152, verse 408.
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