Achalasimha

Achala-simha was a Sanskrit-language poet from India, who lived in the 12th century or earlier. His verses appear in several anthologies of Sanskrit poems.

Biography

Achalasimha, sometimes called Achala, has been quoted in Subhashita-ratna-kosha of the 12th century anthologist scholar Vidyakara. Therefore, he must have lived in the 12th century or earlier. He may be same as the Buddhist author Achalasimha who wrote a tantric text, but this cannot be said with certainty.
Achalasimha appears to have been a well-known poet of his time. A verse in Sharngadhara-paddhati mentions him alongside other well-known poets, including Amara, Abhinanda and Kalidasa; and dismisses other poets as imitators. He is among the ten most frequently quoted poets in Vidyakara's Subhashita-ratna-kosha.

Example verses

One of Achalasimha's verses, about a pearl and addressed to a young woman, is included in Vidyakara's Subhashita-ratna-kosha and Bhoja's Shringara-Prakasha. It goes like this :
Another verse, about an angry woman, and attributed to Achalasimha by at least four anthologists, is as follows :