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them are in the form of Muñja's speech. In all these cases it seems probable that they are not verses composed by Muñja, but some other poet (or poets), whose works on Muñja's biography are now lost.6
Notes
1. Velankar's edition, Singhi Jain Series No. 49, 1961, p. 209. 2. For this traditional listing device see H. C. Bhayani, Tārāyaṇa,
1987, Introduction, p. 11-13. 3. Edited by V. P. Jain, 1968. 4. It is also to be noted according to his own statement Vira
was closely associated with the state business. See Jambūsāmi
cariya, Praśasti, verse 5. 5. Prabandhacintāmani, ed. Jinavijaya Muni, 1933, p. 25, 1. 2. 6. Utpalarāja was another name of king Muñja and various
Sanskrit anthologies (Subhāştia-kośas) we find some verses under that name. But it was also a name of some other persons. So there is uncertainty about the authorship of those verses.