Historicity of Tribhuvanapāladeva and Kumārapāladeva in the Dutāngada of Subhata - A Critical Review

KUMĀRA-PĂLA-DEVA IN DŪTĀNGADA OF SUBHAȚA A CRITICAL REVIEW¹ Sudarshan Kumar Sharma² 8 • Dūtāngada of Subhata containing fiftysix verses commencing with two benedictory verses and a regular Prologue refers to the Parisad of Mahārājādhirāja-śrīmat-tribhuvanapāladeva as ordaining the poet to take up the task of initiating a play which has been called as “chāyā-nātaka” by the

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शर्मा सुभट के छायानाटक 'दूतांगद' की प्रचलित तिथि 1243 ई. को चुनौती देते हैं। सोमेश्वर की 'कीर्तिकौमुदी' में सुभट की प्रशंसा मिलने से वे कवि को बारहवीं शती में रखते हैं — वागड़ के निकट शासन करनेवाले महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवनपालदेव के आश्रय में, जब चौलुक्य कुमारपाल अभी राजकुमार ही थे। Sharma disputes the accepted dating of Subhaṭa's one-act chāyā-nāṭaka Dūtāṅgada to 1243, against De, Keith, Winternitz and Krishnamachariar. Since Someśvara's Kīrti-Kaumudī already praises Subhaṭa, he places the poet in the twelfth century under a Mahārājādhirāja Tribhuvanapāladeva ruling near Vāgaḍa, the Caulukya Kumārapāla being then still a prince.

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