________________ Introduotion he composed Sirivalakaha in Samvat 1428 i.e. 1362 A. D. Moreover, Ratnassekhara here states himself as the pupil of Vajrasena and Hematilaka and as we shall see later on, it is clearly stated he last verse of our author's Turfy G AT: Thafa that Ratnas'ekhara was the pupil of Vajrasena and a successor of Hematilaku who was the Pattadhara-successor of Vajrasena. Our author bere calls himself the pupil of both Vajrasena and Hematilaka only in order to show his respect for the latter, but as a matter of fact, he was the pupil of Vajrasena and a successor of Hematilaka. [ The compound सरिवजसेणगणहरपट्टपहूहेमतिलयसूरीणं is solved by the commentator of Sirivalakaba as follows:"श्री वज्रसेनगणधराणां-श्रीवज्रसेनसूरीणां पट्टस्य-प्रभवस्वामिनो ये हेमतिलकसूरयस्तेषां (शिष्यैः श्रीरत्नशेखर effa: ) "; thus making Ratnas'ekharasuri the pupil of Hematilakasuri. But from the facts stated above, this appears to be a wrong solution. The correct way of solving the compound is :-*f asrama (TRY) TET-hfacang aeth i. e. at: (forset: xft Topteceff:)-and this solution is quite in keeping with the explanation given above. ]
