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Introduction
cantos were finished before V. S. 1199-A.D. 1143; though Jayasimha might have insisted upon its completion. I think the first fourteen cantos narrating the events up to the conquest of Malava must have been composed early enough to be placed before Jayasimha. The fifteenth canto which refers to the succession of Kumārapāla, was, probably, written in the early part of Kumarapala's reign.
The remaining five cantos and the Prākṛta Dvyāṣraya must have been written in the latter part of Kumarapala's reign.
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The substance of these historical epics, we have utilized in describing the history of the Chalukya family of Aṇahillapura. Another name of the S. D. K. is Chalukyavamṣotkīrtana as that of the P. D. K. is Kumarapalacharita.
Of the poetic merits of these epics, if any, I shall speak later on.
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After the Sabdanuṣāsana, comes the Kavyanuṣāsana. In the second sutra, Hemachandra says The correct speech was discussed by us in Sabdanuṣasana, now its poetic aspect is being laid down by us in its correct form." In the commentary, Ṣabdānuṣāsana is described as the Siddha-Hemachandrabhidhāna-grammar bearing the name Siddha - Heinachandra. The identity of the authorship is also mentioned.
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* Another alternative suggestion that both the D. Ks were written, after the AnuSasanas were finished in the reign of Kumarapapala is also tenable. The fact that they are not mentioned in AnuSasanas can also be interpreted in both ways, viz:-that either the poem being written piecemeal was incomplete at the time of the composition of the Anu asanas or that they were not begun at all.
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