दिन्नाग

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

DIṄNĀGA : A Sanskrit dramatist who lived between the second and fifth centuries A.D. “Dhīranāga” was his other name. The Sanskrit drama “KUNDAMĀLĀ” which is based on Uttara Rāmāyaṇa and has six acts, was composed by Diṅnāga. Diṅnāga, the Buddhist pre- acher and this Diṅnāga are two different persons. Vināyakā and Śiva are praised in the introductory stan- zas of Kundamālā (A.B. Keith: Classical Sanskrit literature).


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*1st word in right half of page 242 (+offset) in original book.