शक्तिभद्र

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Monier-Williams

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

शक्तिभद्र/ शक्ति--भद्र m. N. of an author Cat.

Purana Encyclopedia

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

ŚAKTIBHADRA : A dramatist in Sanskrit, who lived in the seventh century A.D. He belonged to Cheng- annur in the Kerala State. He was a disciple of Śaṅkarācārya. The Dramatic composition ‘Āścarya- cūḍāmaṇi’ is his work.

Śaktibhadra, after writing his drama, once read it out to Śaṅkarācārya. As the ācārya was observing silence that day, he made no comments about the drama. Disappointed at this silence of his Guru, the drama- tist burnt his work to ashes in fire. When his observ- ance of silence was over, the Guru asked his disciple for the drama. When told about the burning of the drama the ācārya repeated from memory the whole drama. The above legend is widely prevalent in Kerala.


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*3rd word in right half of page 668 (+offset) in original book.