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Sanskrit Literature / 67
According to CRāya, Kaviparamēśvara attained matchless fame by authoring the unparalleled Trişaşți-salākā-puruşapurāņa, a biography of 63 great men, celebrities of the Jaina Church, in Sanskrit. The illustrious Jinasēna-II (C. E. 825) was the earliest to respectfully advert the Vāgrathasamgraha of Kavipaparamēșthi. Guṇabhadrācārya, śişya, pupil of Jinasena-II, who completed Uttarapurāņa on 23rd June 897, records that the above work of Kavīśvara was a gadya-kathā, a prose-narrative.
4.3.2.1. Commencing from Pampa (C. E. 941) to Doddayya (C. E. 1600), many Kannada men of letters respectfully mention Kaviparamēșthi. C'Rāya had direct access to this purāņa-kavya, legendary poem, and has quoted some Sanskrit verses in a metrical form, which subscribe to the reliance that the work was in Sanskrit, and a campū in its form. Since he is ranked with Samantabhadradēva and Pujyapāda, Kaviparamēșthi's individuality stands as that of a famed, worthy and authoritative author.
4.3.2.2. Based on the circumstantial evidence, it can be said that Kūcibhattāraka and Srinandi composed Mahapurāņa in the time of Prabhūtavarşa Govinda-II (C. E. 774-80) and Kaviparamēsthi during the reign of Dhruva (C. 780-93). In the light of this discussion, a possibility of Kaviśvara, mentioned by Srivijaya in Kavirājamārga (C. E. 850), being identical with the celebrated Kaviparamēşthi or Kaviparamēśvara can be contemplated. Another statement, worth pondering in this context, comes from (a Kannada poet) of post medieval period. Doddayya (C. E. 1600) states that the work of KaviParamēşthi consisted of 1,25,000 granthas. A grantha is an unit of 36 letters. This amounts to suggest the huge volume of Kavi-Paramēsthi's work.
4.3.3. Bhatta-Akalankadeva (C. E. 720-80) had profuesly authored most enduring works. He has endowed the field of Indian logic affluent with his luxuriant works.
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