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causa,
(See 'Gujarāt no Rajkiy ane Sāṁskṛtik Itihăs’, part 1, ed. R. C. Parikh, H.G. Shastri, 1972, p. 374).
3. Sātavāhanikā
The second Bhāsā of the Kakubha Rāga is called Sātavāhanikā (BD.2, p. 134, v.23 ; the ms. reading is sālavāhānikā) or Sātavāhini (p.154, v.74 ; to be emended as sātavahani).
The name derives from the name of the royal poet Sātavāhana (Pk. salavāhaņa, sālāhaņa), the famous literary figure and author of the Prakrit anthology Gahākosa or Gahāsattasai, who ruled at Prattişthāna (modern Paithan in Maharashtra) during the first or second century of the Christian era.
In the Prakrit section of the Siddhahema-sabdānusāsana, Hemacandra, while connecting Pk. sālavāhaņa, sātāhana with Sk. sātavahana, has given salahani bhāsā as an illustration of the occurrence of the form salahaņa. It is quite tempting to connect this with the Sātavāhanikā Bhāṣā of BD. In that case bhāsā in Hemacandra's illustration (which is most probably taken over from some earlier source) does not mean ‘language', but a type of Grāmarāgas.
4. Ambāheri
The twelfth Bhāsā of the Țakka Rāga is called Ambāheri (BD.2, p. 132, v.19; the ms. reading here is ambahiri ; p. 144, v.54). The editors have observed (p.310, note 20) that Ambāhera is not known to be a geographical name. They suggest the connection of that term with Ambara, modern Amer near Jaipur in Rajasthan.
Now it is obvious that some of the names of the Bhāṣās do not have any connection with a geographical place-name, e.g. Lalita, Kolahali, Madhuri, Vesari etc.
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