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Viswanatha Kaviraja, most widely known for his masterpiece in aesthetics, ''Sahityadarpana'',〔 Acknowledging Visvanatha Kaviraja as the author of Sahitya-darpana 〕 was a prolific poet, scholar, and rhetorician who ascended literary heights during the reigns of two successive Gangavamsi rulers of Kalinga (India) (the modern Orissa) – King Narasimha Deva IV and King Nishanka Bhanudeva IV. In absence of availability of exact dates of his birth and date, the periods of their rules (i.e. 1378 AD – 1434 AD) is assumed to be the time of Viswanatha. == Family history == Viswanatha was born to an illustrious family of scholars and poets. His grandfather, Narayana Dasa, wrote a commentary on Gitagovinda, the most well-known Sanskrit work in the Vaishnavite tradition, written by Jayadeva, another major Sanskrit poet from Kalinga, who lived in circa 1200 AD. Narayana Dasa's brother, Chandi Dasa, wrote a commentary on ''Kavyaprakasha'', an earlier work on poetics, written by aesthetician Mammatha. Viswantha's father, Chandrashekhara also wrote a few poems. Both Viswanatha and his father held the titles of ministers of war and peace (''Sandhivigrahika Mahapatra'') in the courts of the kings of Kalinga. Viswanatha's son, Ananta Dasa, also wrote commentaries and notes on ''Sahityadarpana''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viswanatha Kaviraja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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