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Ācārūnga?, Now the oldest reference, as we have said above, about Divākara is found in the works of Haribhadra the son of Yakini who lived in the 8th century somewhat prior to Śilāńka.
(d) That Siddhasena Divakara was otherwise named Kumudacandra we know from no other old work than the Prabha vaka Carita. Whether the author of the Pra. bhāvaka Carita is reliable or not in attributing this epithet Kamadacandra to Divā kara we do not know; but rightly or wrongly the author certainly regarded Kalyānamandira as the work of Siddhasena. As yet no conclusive evidence is available to prove that Kalyānamandira is the work of Siddhasena Divākara. Granting for a moment, however, that this stotra was the work of Divā kara we cannot authoritatively say that Kumudacandra was another name of Siddhasena Divākara. If this name which is really a delightful word to hear would have been current in those times, it would have certainly been men. tioned along with his other name Divā kara found in some old works associated with Siddhasena. It is, therefore, quite clear that this name Kumudacandra was not originally given to Siddhasena.
8–10. As regards the problems in the 8th, 9th and 10th questions we have no materials at hand to say any. thing conclusively. We have, therefore, to postpone the discussion of these problems till some sound data is available to us.
1–Acārānga Tika p. 1 and the beginning of p. 82.
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