________________ Us 40 Introduction in both, yet the richness of imagination, thought and expression which are found in Sirivalakaha are rarely to be seen in Kummaputta, quantity, whereas it is not so in the case of Kummaputta which lacks, more or less, in both. Moreover, the author of Kummaputta does not appear to be so great a scholar and a voluminous writer as the autbor of Sirivalakaha. In originality also Ratnas'ekhara far more surpasses Anantahansa, for so far as it is known upto now Sirivalakaba appears to be the original composition of Ratnas'ekhara, whereas Anantahansa has borrowed his story from S'ubhavardhana's version of Kummaputta which is a commentary in Sanskrit on the original source Rsimandala of Dharmaghosa ( St. 125 ). A comparison of other works composed by both also leads us to the same conclusion that the author of Sirivalakaha is far more original, Kummaputta. The literary and kharasuri are also seen from the special features various literary and special feam of Sirivalakha which are tures that are found in Siri. absent in valakaha itself. They are as Kummaputta. follows.
