Ocean of Music, Volume 1

was Sodhala original: "तस्याभूतनय श्रीसोढल" (His son was the illustrious Sodhala) ¹ He was patronised by King Singhana ²
This is a king of the Yadava dynasty, who ruled in
Deogiri (modern Doulatabad) from 1210 to 1247 A.D. ³
Śārṅgadeva was the son of this Sodhala original: "तस्मात् . जात शार्ङ्गदेव" (From him... was born Śārṅgadeva) ⁴ He speaks
about his own learning in detail ⁵

Many commentaries are known to have been written
on this work of Śārṅgadeva. The editors of the work
from Calcutta say ⁶ that they have known of seven com-
mentaries, of which four are in Sanskrit, one in Hindi
and two in Telugu. But they had seen only two of the
Sanskrit commentaries (evidently those by Kallinātha
and Simhabhūpāla) and the one in Hindi. The late Dr.
M. Krishnamacharyar mentions the following commen-
taries on it, in his Classical Sanskrit Literature ⁷: Simha-
bhūpāla, Kes'ava, Kallinātha, Hamsabhūpāla, Chandrikā,
and the Hindi commentary by Gaṅgārāma. Of these
the commentaries by Simhabhūpāla and Kallinātha will
be taken up for detailed consideration presently.

The commentary by Kes'ava is called Kaustubha A mythical jewel; here used as a title for a brilliant literary work,
according to Dr. Krishnamacharyar ⁸. A commentary
by Kes'ava is mentioned in the Saṅgītasudhā Nectar of Music ⁹.

¹ His son was the illustrious Sodhala, verse 5
² By whom great wealth was bestowed upon the illustrious Singhana original: "येन न्यधायि महती श्रीसिंहणे श्रीरपि", Ibid
³ Śaka The Indian national calendar era 1132-1169
⁴ From him... was born Śārṅgadeva, verse 9
⁵ verses 10–14
⁶ Preface, p. 4
⁷ paragraph 1004, page 853
⁸ foot-note 2 on p. 853
⁹ Saṅgītasudhā of Govinda Dīkṣita mentions Kes'ava's commen-
tary in

original: "एना स्फुटीकर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तौ यौ ब्राह्मणौ केशवकल्लिनाथौ ।"
Edition of Music Academy, Madras, No. 1, p. 152, verse 408