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## Introduction to Devagam and Samantabhadra
1. Devagam: (a) Name
This work is called 'Devagam'. Ancient authors have often referred to it by this name. Akalankadeva, in the beginning of his commentary (Ashta Shatī-Bhāṣya), while promising to write his commentary on it, has given it this name and called it 'Bhagavatstava' (Praise of the Lord). Vidyānanda, in 'Ashta Sahasrī' (p. 294), while explaining the 'Svōktapariccheda' verse of Akalankadeva's Ashta Shatī, has accepted its name as 'Devagam' by saying 'Devagāmākhye Shāstre'. Vādirāja, Hastimalla, and other authors have also referred to it by this name in their works as a notable work of Samantabhadra. It is not surprising that just as 'Kalyāṇamandira',
1. 'Kṛtvā viviyate stavo Bhagavatām Devagamāstatkṛtiḥ.'
-Ashta Shatī, Initial Verse 2. 2. 'Iti Devagāmākhye Svōktaparicchede Shāstre....'
-Ashta Shatī, p. 294. 3. 'Svāminashcharitam tasya kasyano vismayāvaham | Devagamenā sarvajño yenādyāpi pradarśyate ||'
-Pārśva Ch. 4. 'Devagamanasūtrasya śrutya saddarśanānvitah.'
-Vikrant Kau. Pr.