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Dr. Charlotte Krause : Her Life & Literature
(2) Vicārasāra-Prakarana : .................... .... ................ .... पंचेव य वरिससए सिद्धसेणदिवायरो य जयपयडो । छच्चसए वीसहिए सक्कथुऊ अज्जरक्खिपहू ।। २६ ।।
"500 years afterwards, Siddhasena Divākara of well-known glory, and 620 years afterwards, the Lord Āryarakṣita, praised by Indra."42
Works of this last category claim by their very character to be treated as historical sources. Not only this, but even works of the former type, i.e., the Prabandhas, etc., have been tapped for historical data by Bühler in his Biography of Hemacandra43 Accordingly, it might be expected that the above rich literature in its totality should allow Siddhasena Divākara's historical whereabouts to be conveniently settled. 3. Historical Value of the Vikramāditya
Siddhasena Literature Yet the task of reconstructing history from the Vikramāditya-Siddhasena literature mentioned above is beset with difficulties, as a number of the data which it supplies contradict each other, while others are ruled out as anachronisms or as otherwise improbable. Where, e.g., did Siddhasena come from? Was he, as most of the Prabandhas would make posterity believe, the son of Devarși, Vikramaditya's Purohita of Ujjain of Kātyāyana-Gotra, and of his wife Devāśrī44, or was he the ‘Karņāțabhatta-Divākara', who had immigrated from the Dakṣiṇāpatha, as other works state45? Was, accordingly, Karnāțabhatta-Divākara his original name, which later, at his initiation, was changed to ‘Siddhasena Divākara', or was it Siddhasena, changed to 'Kumudacandra' at his initiation and again to 'Siddhasena Divākara' at his consecration as an Ācārya, or was 'Siddhasena Divākara' an honorary title conferred on him by King Devapāla of Karmārapura“?
Was his sister's name Siddhaśrī, Siddhasarasvati, or Bāla
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