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follows that his historical whereabouts should form a convenient starting point in attempting to lay hold of Vikramāditya's elusive personality and to fix his place in history. __ 1. Vikramaditya and Siddhasena in
Non-Jaina Literature Such an attempt seems all the more hopeful, since non-Jaina literature obviously corroborates the mutual contemporaneousness of these two personalities in the following often quoted passage of the 22nd Prakarana of the Jyotirvidabharana 2: वर्षे श्रुतिस्मृतिविचारविवेकरम्ये
श्रीभारते खधृतिसंमितदेशपीठे । मत्तोऽधुना कृतिरियं सति मालवेन्द्रे
___ श्रीविक्रमार्कनृपराजवरे समासीत् ।। ७ ।। शङ्कः सुवाग्वररुचिर्मणिरङ्गुदत्तो
जिष्णुस्त्रिलोचनहरी घटखर्पराख्यः । अन्येऽपि सन्ति कवयोऽमरसिंहपूर्वा .
यस्यैव विक्रमनृपस्य सभासदोऽमी ।। ८ ।। सत्यो वराहमिहिरः श्रुतसेननामा
श्रीबादरायणमणित्थकुमार सिंहाः । श्रीविक्रमार्कनृपसंसदि सन्ति चैते
श्रीकालतन्त्रकवयस्त्वपरे मदाद्याः ।। ९ ।। धन्वन्तरिः क्षपणकामरसिंहशङ्कु
वेतालभट्टघटखर्परकालिदासाः । ख्यातो वराहमिहिरो नृपतेः सभायां
रत्नानि वै वररुचिर्नव विक्रमस्य ।। १० ।। The question whether or not the word 'Ksapaņaka’used in Stanza 10 to specify one of Sakāri Vikramaditya's 'Nine Gems' refers to Siddhasena Divākara, has often been discussed, but not definitely settled as yet. There can be no doubt that in early Jaina literature like the Nandi-sūtra and the Viseșāvaśyaka this word, or rather its Prākrta equivalent 'khavanayad, means 'Jaina ascetic' in general, while in later Jaina works like the Guruparvakrama
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