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influenced by Harishena's work. He was probably influenced by the Punyaśrava-Kathakośı of Rāmacandra Mumuk. shuio. The work of Prabhācandra gives interesting information about Pātrakesarin, Akalanka, Samantabhadra and others. There is an interesting reference to the Pārsvarātha temple of Abicchatrali, in connexion with the story of Pätrakesarin. However the carelessness of the author is proved by the fact that he has represented Ahicchatra as situated in the Magadha country. Elsewhere, the author has mentioned the Buddhist temple of Mabābodhi12, and the celebrated Buddhist logician Dinnāgais. The intense rivalry between Buddhism and Jainism has also been graphically des. cribed 14. Vārāṇasi's close association with the Saiva religion has been indicated in the story of Samantabhadra 18. There is a highly interesting reference to a Pārsvanātha temple-complex at Tāmralipti16 of 'Gauda-Vishaya'. The story of queen Urvilā, told in this work17, also occurs in the Brhatkathakośa18, of Harishena and in this story, every attempt has been made to belittle the Buddhist religion. The association of Buddhism with Dbānyakataka of Andhra has been mentionedio. The temple of Vāsupujya of Campā is mentioned in the story No. 22. The spring festival (Vasantot saya) of Ujjayini is mentioned in the story No, 25. The declaration of amāri by a king of Vārānasi has been referred to in the story No. 26. An interesting reference to Ratnadvipa occurs in the story No. 28. An interesting story mentions the marriage of a person with his maternal uncle's daughter at Campaso. The author throws interesting light on the overseas trade 21. In the story of Rājaśrī (No. 42) we have references to all three well known temples, dedicated to the Sun-god, according to which Aditya was worshipped at Muņdira (described as situated on pūrvasamudratațe) in the morning, Kālapriya in the afternoon and Mülasthāna (decribed as situated in Marudesa) in the evening (astamanavelayam. These three famous temples, dedicated to the Sungod, are also mentioned in some Purānass. The earlier
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