314. RŪPAGOSVĀMIN 315

RŪPAGOSVĀMIN 315

&c.), रससुधाकर1 (pp. 282, 296 &c.), रुक्मिणीस्वयंवर (p.333), रुद्र2 (p. 54), ललितमाधव (a drama in 10 Acts, very frequently quo- ted), वामनपुराय (p. 65), विदग्धमाधव (a नाटक in 7 Acts printed in K. M. Series, most frequently quoted), विष्ुगुप्तसंहिता (p. 54), विष्णुपुराण (p. 352), सप्तशती, हंसदूत (p.232), इरिवंश. Asregards the dates of रूप and जीव there is not much difficulty. रूप's दानकेलिकीमुदी was written in 1495 A. D. The verse at the end of the विदग्धमाधवनाटक (in 7 Acts) states that it was composed in samvat 1589 (i.e.1532-3 A. D.) 'नन्दसिन्धु- रबायेन्दुरुख्ये संवत्सरे गते। विदग्धमाधवं नाम नाटकं गोकुले कृतम् ।। (K.M. ed.). Mitra (Notices, vol. IX No. 3159) notes that his उत्कलिकामन्जरी was composed in 1550 A.D. (शके 1471). भक्तिरसामृत- सिन्धु is expressly dated saka 1463 (1541-42A.D.). The उज्ज्वल० was composed after this. See Dr. Stein, Jammu Cat. p. 222. These dates show that e4 had at least 55 year's literary activity. Dr. De (in the work cited above p. 121) states that both सनातन and 4 were alive in 1554 A. D. and died in the same year at the interval of a few months. So the life of sy extended from about 1470 A. D. to 1554 A. D. There are two different traditions about the birth date of जीव, either saka 1435 (1513- 4 A. D.) or 1445 (1523-24 A. D.). The माधवमहोत्सव of जीव was composed in 1555 A. D. and his गोपालचम्पू bears the dates 1589 and 1592 A. D. Vide Dr. De's work cited above pp. 119-122 for the dates of सनातन, रूप and जीव. 37 The अलक्कारशेखर of केशवमिश्र. The work has been published in the K. M. serics. The work is divided into three parts, कारिकाs, वृत्ति and examples. The author himself tells us that the कारिकाs are the work of शौद्धोदनि 'अलक्कारविद्यासूत्रकारो भगवा-

1. The रससुधाकर is the same as the रसाखवसुधाकर of Singabhupala (Tri. ed.). The veise अलोलरनुमीयते० cited from रससुधाकर by उज्ज्वल (p. 282) occurs in रसायवसु० (I. p. 45) and the two verses दुरास दे० and वर्षासु तासु० on p.296 of उज्ज्वल० occur in रसार्यवसु. on pp. 45 and 47 respectively. Dr. De (HSP, vol. I. p.256) was in doubt whether रससुधाकर was रसायवसुधाकर. 2. The verse from रुद्र 'वामता दुर्लभत्वं च ...... परममायुधम्' quoted in उज्ज्वल० p. 54 occurs in the शृङ्गारतिलक (Pischel's ed.) II. 41, p. 52. 3. See Eggeling's Cat. vol. VII p. 1592 No. 4179 for a description of ललितमाचव.