Dhoyin
Dhoyin or Dhoyī was a 12th century
Gauda in what is now Bengal
.
Personal life
Dhoyi was born in a Tantuvaya (weaver) caste family from Nabadwip, according to Niharranjan Ray; Whereas according to PN Chopra he was a Baidya. He is sometimes referred as Dhoyi Kaviraj. He was one of the five gems of Sanskrit scholars, which was mentioned at the court of Lakshmana Sena.[2][3]
Style
The theme of all messenger poems is viraha, separation in love, and allusions to romance are never far away. Despite sharing
Kālidāsa
's use of conventional romantic motif, Dhoyin’s messenger poem was much more than a mere pastiche of the Meghadūta. Dhoyin devoted nearly half of his work (48 out of 104 stanzas) to describing the wind’s journey from Sandal mountain in the south to King Lakshmana’s palace at Vijayapura in Bengal. He spends a long time on the message (38 stanzas) in which the lovelorn condition of Kuvalayavatī and the wonderful qualities of the king are described in detail.
Dhoyin had aims beyond the expression of
Meghadūta
.
Works
Dhoyin's Meghadūta or Cloud Messenger.
The Clay Sanskrit Library has published a translation of Pavanadūta by Sir James Mallinson as a part of the volume Messenger Poems.
References
- ISBN 978-3-447-02425-9.
- ISBN 978-0-86311-378-9.
- ISBN 9780856920813.
The Baidyas retained among their group not only rajas and maharajas and powerful zamindars (landlords) but also scholars of great distinction such as the five gems at the court of Lakshman Sena, two of whom were Jayadeva, the famous composer of the Gita Govinda and Dhoyee Kaviraj.