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(Literary work) in a day, that he was accepted as a brother by Siddharāja and that he was called a king of poets. The poet had written prasastis for Rudramala, Sahasralinga lake and the Vairochanaparajaya. Two verses of the lake prasasti are quoted in the Prabandhachintamani. A slab forming the part of the Kirtistambha of the lake bearing on it a fragment of the prasasti, is discovered. Stray verses of Sripala have been found. From such fragmentary poems, it is not possible to form an estimate of Sripala's poetic skill. We can, however, say from the available data that Sripala's verses are marked by chaste and forceful diction.64
Sripala was Siddharaja's poet laureate. He was not on good terms with Devabodha, a favourite of Siddharaja. Unfortunately, he was blind.
Viragani, a pupil of Ishwaragani of Chandragatchha or Sarwalagatchba, wrote a commentary on the Pindaniryukti. The work contains 7961 verses. It was composed in Dadhipadra or Dahod in V. S. 1169 or A. D. 1112-13. Mahendrasūri, Parsvadevagani and Devachandragani were his colleagues. Viragani's second name was Samudrahe goshasuri. Before entered the order
64 Ibid, II, pp. CCLVII-VIII.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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