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Parasinamamala and Mahi pakosa
Thus it 19 likely that Lunakaranaji was probably also called Haribhrama or Haribrahma But the above genealogy may not be alsolutely reliable and more research is necessary
Salakṣa or Salakhana is a game known from Prajastis of Jaina donors, and it is not unlikely that Seleksa was of Bania-caste ___A manuscript (10 12121) of a lexicon (Sabdaratnakara) called Mahapakoša, preserved in the Oriental Lastitute has the following entry at the end of the first kanda (folio 10 b) - इति सचिवमहीपकृतौ महीपकोशनाम्नि शब्दरत्नाकरे साङ्गोपाङ्ग स्वर्गादिप्रथम काण्ड' परिसमाप्तः ॥
At the end of the second kānda, we have, on folio 38 b, - इति नंदपद्रेन्द्रसभासरोजिनीमरालस्य सचिवमहीपस्य कृतौ महीपकोशनाम्नि शब्दालङ्कारे भूमिकाण्डो द्वितीय ॥
Then, at the end of the fourth and the last chapter, we have on follo 42b
पाणिन्यमरहेमादिशास्त्रेभ्य, शब्दसग्रहम् ।
सन्महीपः समतनोप्राग्वाटनरपुंगवः ॥१५॥
__इति सचिवमहीपकृतौ महीपकोशनाम्नि शब्दरत्नाकरे सामान्यकाण्डश्चतुर्थः॥ xxxx स १४९३ वर्षे अश्विन शुदि १३ गुरौ लिखिता पुस्तिका ॥
Thus Mahips, a scion of Prāgvāta family was a minister in the court of the ruler of Nodpadca which may be identified with Naodod (alao called Rajpipla in modern times) la Broach district
But at the end of chapter 3, on folio 39b, wo have
इति सचिव-सलक्षात्मज-महीपकृतौ महीपकोशनाम्नि शब्दरत्नाकरे पातालकाण्डस्तृतीय परिसमाप्तः ॥
So minister Mshipa was the son of minister Salaka Now the manuscript of Mahi pakosa is dated in VS 1493 - AD 1436 The work was probably composed some years earlier The known date of compoaltion of Salaksa's Sabdaulasa Is A D 1365 It is, therefore, highly probable that minister Mabipa was the son of minater Salakşa, the author of Śabdanlasa Both father and son were learned scholera and ministers in different courts That there was considerable literary activity at Idar In this Age can be also gleaned from the fact that the Jaina monk Gunaratna suri composed his Kraqāratnasamuccaya 10 Idar in V S. 1466 = AD 1400 There apem to have been Jalna manuscripts librarlos hero from olden days, at