Essay name: Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (Study)
Author:
Artatrana Sarangi
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
This is a study in English of the Samrajya Lakshmi Pithika (written by Lolla Lakshmidhara) representing an encyclopedic manual for emperors. The Samrajyalaksmipithika encompasses about 3870 verses in addressing topics such as public festivals, governance, warfare (military strategy), and rituals associated with the Tantric worship for the deity Samrajya-Lakshmi.
Chapter 6 - An Estimate
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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by poets and authors鹿 - 637 to the concrete and anthropomorphic
picture of a goddess, powerful enough to bestow power and
glory, when rightfully propitiated by a righteous and
deserving emperor (1.11-12).
In this way it is observed that through the text
of SLP, more specifically, at the hand of our author,
goddess SL is added to the pantheon of Hindu goddesses.
This entails a significant contribution of our text to
Indian ritualistic tradition in one hand and mythology,
in the other.
Regarding some of the unique features of the text
of SLP it may be pointed out here that in its description
of the Navaratra festival, more specifically, in the
context of the pyrotechnic display of 'light' and 'sound'
1.
Some of the occurences of the word Samraivalak峁i
are as follows: Bhagavatapurana (3.1.36),
Brhatsamhita (5.20), Kathasaritsagara (4.3.69-70),
Navasaha sankacarita (18.68), Yuktikalpataru (Calcutta,
11917, p.181), Vikramankadevacarita (1.40,3.2,3.50,12.41),
The author of Yasastilakacampu names the third chapter
as Rajalaksmivinodana, HammIramahakavya (8.38,49 and 110),
Adbhuta sagara (Benaras, 1905, p.4) and Bhaminivilasa
(2.33).
