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JAINISM IN LITERARY TRADITION. 121
D. From Sannamuru grænt of Aggaparasu (Bana) Nellore Ins. 1, 38, svasti osakala jagatrayabhivandita surasuraddisa paramesvara pratiharikrita mahabadikulodbhava krsnad · chjavirajita paisacika patahaghosana vrsabbalamchana nandigini natha parigipura paramesvara banal ganda balikularjuna gadusandya. .... srimat aggaparaju samvatsara 890 yagu nendi vaisakha punnami sukra varambu pedda rajyana ............ yu konduka rajyaana cetam goni iccina bhumi.... The excerpts quoted above have all been taken from inscriptions which are either earlier than or contemporary with Nannayabhatta. They have been given here chiefly to add point to the observation that panegyrical poetry cultiwated in the Andhra and Kalinga mandalas about the time when Nannaya composed the Telugu Bhāratam had similarities of structure, diction and poetic methods. But a comparison of them with certain features of Nannaya's poetry in the Mahābhārata may be further made • to indicate how the diction, methods and structure of the Kavya of those times was influenced by the panegyrical poetry of the time and in turn influenced it.
First in the matter of metres
(a) I have adduced examples of sardulavikridita, malini and sisam in the above. excerpts.
