Nakṣatramālā of Śivarāma Tripāṭhi

[Full title: Indian Contribution to Śāstrakāvya Tradition (6): Nakṣatramālā of Śivarāma Tripāṭhi]

Nakṣatramāla^[1] of Śivarāma Tripāṭhi is a poem in thirty one verses and it illustrates some of the relevant Paribhāṣās in Sanskrit grammar.

The author has written his own commentary named Lakṣmīvilāsam [Lakṣmīvilāsa] ṭīkā which is known from the colophon of the work published in Kāvyamālā series.

iti śrī trilokacandrātmajakṛṣṇarāmasūnu śivarāmatripāṭhikṛtā lakṣmīvilāsaṭīkāsametā nakṣatramālā samāptā^[2]

From this colophon it is clear that his father was Kṛṣṇarāma and grandfather was Trilokacandra.In the course of the commentary he frequently refers to Nāgeśa therefore his date cannot be earlier than the 18^th century.

The poem begins with an invocatory verse,

dharātmajāramyasukhāravindamindarolamba udārakīrtiḥ |
śeṣākhyasaṃyogaviśeṣaśobho devo mude vo'stu śivo sa rāmaḥ ||^[3]

The verse,

gotraskhalane bhrāntiṃ mānini jānīḥ kevalāmme'tra |
vyākhyānato viśeṣapratipattiḥ pāṇīnīya iva ||^[4]

Itself is example for the paribhāṣā:

vyākhyānato viśeṣapratipattirnahi sandehādalakṣaṇam |

Another verse from this work which explaining the sanniyogaśiṣṭanyāya is,

nivṛttiste sanniyogaśiṣṭanyāyena no kutaḥ |
dvayormānodaye dūtyastadanityatvamuttaram ||^[5]

The nature of sanniyogaśiṣṭanyāya i.e., sanniyogaśiṣṭānāṃ saha vā pravṛttiḥ saha vā nivṛttiḥ is described in the verse. It is a peculiar poem illustrating paribhāṣās in grammar.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Published in Kāvyamālā series, Guccaka.V

[2]:

Nakṣatramālā, colophon

[3]:

ibid, v.I.1

[4]:

ibid,v.I. 2

[5]:

ibid, v.1.9