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Umapatidhara a reputed Sanskrit poet of 12th century
AD. jaydev
mentions him among his contemporaries and decries his tendency for verbal
ramification (vachah pallavayatyumapatidharah). This is exemplified
by the Deopada stone inscription of vijayasena,
composed by Umapati, a standard specimen of the Eastern style (Gaudiya
Riti) of sanskrit
literary criticism. No other major work of his has been handed down to
us. Some verses of his are quoted in anthologies like Saduktikarnamrta,
Suktimuktavali, Padyavali and Sharngadharapaddhati under
the name Umapati or Umapatidhara. Umapati attended the court
of king Vijayasena of Bengal, his son vallalasena
and his grandson laksmanasena.
He is said to have been one of five gems in the court of Laksmanasena.
One Umapati is said to have composed the Krsnakarnamrta, based
on the life of Lord krishna,
and the poem Chandrachudacharita. He is different from Umapati
Upadhyaya of Mithila, author of Parijata Harana, who lived probably
in 1400 AD.
[Pratap Bandyopadhyay]
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