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अनुसन्धान ४६
Mahārāstra from 3rd Century B.C. up to 3rd Century A.D.. In Prabandhakośa, Rājasekhara mentions,
___ सातवाहनोऽपि क्रमेण दक्षिणापथमनृणं विधाय तापीतीरपर्यंतं चोत्तरापथं hufural Facterianti yalaaa (Prabandhakośa. pp.66-74)
The 17th king of this dynasty was Hāla Sātavāhana, who become famous for his anthology viz. Gahāsattasai. Guņādhya who is famous for his paiśāci narrative Vaddakahā, is said to be an honoured poet in the assembly of Sātavāhana. Through all these legendary histories it is evident that all the Sātavāhanas were interested in Prakrits and especially in Mahārāştri. Pratistāna (or Paithaņa) and Nāsikya were the capital cities of Sātavāhanas.
According to Prbandhakośa, Niryuktikāra Bhadrabāhu and Varāhamihira were two brahmin brothers, residents of Pratistāna. Various legendary stories of both are mentioned in this Prabandha. The famous 'Uvasaggahara Stotra' was composed by Bhadrabāhu in his stay at Pratistāna. After the time-lapse of 800 years, it was necessary to write cxplanatory notes on Ardhamāgadhi canons. It was very much logical to write it in Prakrit, in continuation with the spirit of Lord Mahavira. Bhadrabāhu wrote ten Niryuktis in Prakrit Gathā form. Since he was the resident of Pratstāna he chose Mahārāstri language which was naturally influenced by Ardhamāgadhi. Further Sve. Ācāryas wrote their Bhāsya and Curņis following the tradition laid down by Bhadrabāhu IInd.
The famous Jain Ācārya Kālaka (4th Cen A.D.) came to Pratistāna in the last lap of his wanderings. He had discussions with Sātavāhana about the date of Paryūṣaṇa.After this incidence, Kālaka stayed at Pratistāna until his death. Due to this association, there are at least three Kālakācārya-kathānakas written in JM. which were critically edited by Sten Konow.
Pādaliptācārya is a frequently quoted Šve. Ācārya of 5th Century. It is noted in Prabandhakośa that the arrived at Pratistāna and created a Campūkāvya named Tarangalolā. (Yationala pp.
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