Vidyākara
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Vidyākara (c. 1050–1130)[1] was a Buddhist scholar noted for compiling the Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa, an anthology of "wise sayings" (subhāṣita), which has been considered the "most celebrated" anthology of Sanskrit verse.[2]
Little is known about Vidyakara himself. D. D. Kosambi has argued that Vidyakara was a senior monk at the Jagaddala Vihara monastery in North Bengal, based on evidence including markings on the palm-leaf manuscript of an earlier edition of the work, claimed to be Vidyakara's original, of what may have been shelfmarks from the library in Jagaddala.
Notes
- ↑ Vidyākara (1968). Sanskrit poetry, from Vidyākara's "Treasury". Translated by Daniel Ingalls. Harvard University Press. pp. 346a. ISBN 0-674-78865-6.
- ↑ Mohan Lal. Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot), Volume 5. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4480.
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