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XIV
INTRODUCTION
died in Vira Sarnvat 1055 i. e. Vikrama Samvat 585 according to Yugapradhānapatļāvali.
As noted on page xviii of Vol. I, there is another verse in Päiya which partly agrees with this, but wherein the date given is not 1055 but 1255. Vira Samvat 1255 equals Vikrama Samvat 785. Thus, even this verse leads us very near the date of Haribhadra viz. Vikrama Samvat 757 to 827.
Jinabhadra Gani has mentioned two works Väsavadattā and Tarangavai in his Visesão (v.1508'), whereas Haribhadra ini his Sisyahita (p. 106), a com. on Avassaya, kas mentioned Väscvadatta and Priyadarsanā while expounding the same topic viz. nirdesa-dvāra. This Priyadarsană seems to be the well-known drama of Harșa, a ruler of Sthāneśvara who died in 648 A.D. This drama is assigned a date cir. 618 A. D. by the late Prof. K. H. Dhruva in his Gujarātī intro. (p. 76 fn.) to his Gujarātī translation of Priyadarsanā designated as Priyadarsika in all its editions known to me. Jinabhadra has not noted this drama. Is it because he flourished prior to the composition of this drama?
Mr. Bhagavad Datta in his private communication dated 9-6-43 says:
(i) The traditional date of Haribhadra appears to be
· quite correct. (ii) Dharmapāla died in 570 A, D, Vide my Bharatavarşa
kā itihäsa (pp. 5-6 fn.). (iii) Kumārila flourished long before 630 A, D, He is
quoted by a Satapatha bhāsyakāra Harisvāmin of
638 A. D., and by other authors of 600 A. D. (iv) Bhartrhari is decidedly earlier than Kumärila; for,
the latter quotes verses of the former. (v) Dharmakirti is also earlier than 600 A. D.
Prof. K. V. Abhyankar believes that Haribhadra Sūri may have flourished during a period ranging from Vikrama
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This no, is according to the edition containing Hemac&ndra's com. 'where it is 1516 according to the edition containing Kotyācārya's com. The verse in question is:
"जह वा निहिटुवसा वासवदत्ता-तरङ्गवइयाई। # AHITASTE Anas for its
