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1950, p. 142; H. Kochad, Apabhramśa-sāhitya, 1957, pp. 103, 236; P.J. Shastri, jain-grantha-prasasti-saņgrah, part 2, 1993, Introduction, p. 65; text, p. 12, 35. Moreover, Svayambhū’s. Ritthanemicariya (about ninth century), Nayanandin's Sayalavihivihānakavva (about 1044 A.D.), Devasena's Suloyanācariya (1075 A.D.) mention one Govinda along with Rudra, Dandin, Bāņa, Hālika etc., in the list of famous poets. See Kasliwal, op. cit., p. 287; Kochad, op. cit. pp. 175, 216; P.J. Shastri, op. cit., Introduction, pp. 47, 51, 72, text pp. 19, 25. Svayambhū quotes six stanzas from some Apabhramsa poem of Govinda, which seems to have Krsnacarita as its theme and was composed in different varieties of the Mātrā metre. See H.D. Velankar, Svayambhūcchandas, 1962, 4, 9; 1, 3, 5; 10. 1, 2; 11. 1; p. 156. It is not certain whether these references pertain to the same or different poets.
For a more detailed comparision of various versions of the SC. treated here see my Introduction to Haribhadra's Sanatukumāracariya (1974).
