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while dealing with Kekaya Paiśāci (XIX. 9). GRIERSON opines that Mk actually had the text before him while writing his grammar. We have discussed this point in the previous section. It will be sufficient to affirm our point by saying this much here that the way Dandin (KD. I. 38) of the sixth century A. D. refers to this work and the way Mk quotes Bṛhatkathā are· enough to show that Mk had probably no access to the work and what he gathered was merely handed down. to him traditionally.
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5. Citations from Vākpatirāja.
68. It is very much interesting to note that Mk quotes three Pkt verses attributing the same to Vakpatiraja, none of which is traceable to Gauḍavaho, the only extant work of the latter. The stanzas come under the following Sus in the context noted against each :
i) To illustrate the use of acchini in M......V. 33 ii) To illustrate the use of mamāhimto in M... V. 107 iii) To illustrate the causative use of roots in M
...... VI. 68
Another Pkt Kavya declared by Vākpatirāja himself to have been composed by him is Mahumahaviao (see GV. 69). PISCHEL Supposes some stanzas to have been quoted by Bhojadeva in his Sarasvatikaṇṭhābharaṇa (Grammatik, 14) from this work. Yet it is a matter of conjecture since the work has not yet come to light. Vākpatiraja is also credited with composing fine Sans-krit verses." In the absence of any evidence we conclude that the stanzas quoted by Mk either occurred in Gauḍavaho, the full text of which is not yet discovered or they have been quoted from Mahumahaviao which,
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