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130 / The Rāstrakūtas and Jainism
author of Kavirājamārga, and Srivijaya, a feudatory of Ganga Mārasimha-I and Govinda-III of the Rāstrakūţa mentioned in the Maņņe plates, are one and the same. Srivijaya, the latter, had built an Arhadāyatana, a Jaina chapel at Maņņe (Sk. Mānyapura). This proposal needs further consideration.
5.5.2. Kavirājamārga is not a poem. It is a work on poetics, a poetic treatise dealing with the art of poesy, in Kannada. The work is mainly based on Dandin's Kāvyādarśa, and in part on Bhāmaha's Kāvyālankāra. There are three cantos in the work : döşānuvarṇana-nirņaya, śabdālankāra and arthālankāra. After explaining the distinctive characteristic of the works of prose and verse, as a paradigm Srivijaya mentions the names of some Sanskrit and Kannada authors. Of the Sanskrit authors Bāņa (Kādambari and Harşacarita), Guņasūri, Nārāyana, Bhāravi, Kālidāsa and Măgha figure. Of the Kannada litterateurs Vimala + Udaya, Nāgārjuna, Jayabandhu, Durvinita (who wrote prose works), the supreme Srivijaya, Kaviśvara, + Pandita + Candra, Lõkapāla (authors of poems) - are mentioned. Unfortunately only the names are preserved and nothing is known abovt their works and the theme.
5.5.2.1. Scholars have discussed at length regarding the identity of the above Kannada authors. There are several problems in the issue. It is hard to say whether Vimalõdaya is one unit or a compound of two names or an adjective qualifying Nāgārjuna. Similarly, the word Kaviśvara may the another appeallation of Srivijaya, like parama 'the supreme', meaning 'lord of poets'. Therefore, I prefer to keep away from the controversies involved in the discussion, which is quite unnecessary in this monograh.
5.5.2.2. The identity of Durvinita with Ganga king of that name, has justification. It is known that Kaviparamésthi had the aliases of Kaviśvara and Kaviparamēśvara, who was even earlier to Jinasēna-II (C. E. 825). It is possible to equate
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