Vakroktipañcāśikāṭīkā

Work
ID: 108725
Full name: Vakroktipañcāśikāṭīkā
Author: Vallabhadeva
Site of composition: Kashmir
Language: Sanskrit
Discipline: Kashmir Śaivism, Kāvya
Alternative names: Vakroktipañcāśikā‧ṭīkā
Name in local script: वक्रोक्तिपञ्चाशिकाटीका
More facts:
  • The Vakroktipañcāśikā‧ṭīkā is Vallabhadeva’s brief gloss of the Vakroktipañcāśikā by the 9th century Kashmiri poet Ratnākara.
  • Vallabha calls the original poem Vakrokti‧varṇana, and refers to his commentary as a ṭippaṇa and as a pañcikā in the preliminary verses.
Story:
  • Preliminary verses – vāgīśvarīṃ namaskṛtya gaṇānāṃ ca tath’eśvaram | vakroktivarṇane rātne pañcikā kriyate laghuḥ || sūnur ānandadevasya raṇabhū‧vyomni bhāsvataḥ | vakroktivarṇane rātne ṭippaṇaṃ vallabho vyadhāt || Colophon || ity amātyavarânandadevasūnu‧śiśupālavadhâdy’aneka‧kāvya‧ṭīkā‧kartṛ‧śrīvallabhadeva‧kṛtayā ṭippaṇyā sametā śrībālabṛhaspaty’anujīvino vāgīśvarâṅkasya vidyādhipaty’apara‧nāmno haravijaya‧mahākāvya‧kartuḥ kaśmīra‧deśodbhava‧rājānaka‧śrīratnākara‧mahākaveḥ kṛtir vakroktipañcāśikā samāptā ||

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People mentioned in this work: Ratnākara
Suggested citation: Keerthi N. "Vakroktipañcāśikāṭīkā." Pandit. <panditproject.org/entity/108725/work>. Updated on October 09, 2021 01:46 pm IST.
Contributors: Naresh Keerthi