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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JANUARY, 1884.
P650 Samantabhadra, author of a Dovdgamas.
tôtra, &c. ? 670 Kaviparimêshti.-No works of his are
known by name. cir. 690 Pajyapáda, auther of Jainandra-nyása,
Panini-babddvatdra, &c. 788 Akalanka Chandra, said to be the author
of Pramdnaratnapradipa and Devdigama. stétranyása. Vidy&nanda, author of $16kaavdrttika
lai kara, and Aptamivuddngáoa. 941 Pampa wrote the Pampa-Bharata, Adi.
purana, &c. - Asaga, said to have written a Varddha
manasvdmi-kdvya. c. 950 Jinachandra, authorof Pujyapdda charita. c. 950 Ponna or Kurulgala Savaņa, wrote the
Santi-purana. - Chamunda-raya, author of the Chamunda-
rdya-peruna. 983 Rannaor Ratna wrote the Ajita-tfrthakara
purdna, Paraburdmacharita,and Chakrés
vara-charita. c. 990 Nêmichandra, anthor of the Lildvati.
- Gajankula and Gajaga,--perhaps the same. 1060-83 Bilhana, author of the Vikramanka
kdvya Pañchdbikhd Ramacharita, &c.
Gunabhadra, author of the Uttara-purana. c. 1070 Gunachandra, said to have written the
Parádbhyudaya and Maghanand Isvara. - Gunanandi-may be the same. - Haripala, quoted by Nagavarna and
Bhattakalanka. c. 1070 Gunavarme, author of a Hariamta, Push
padanta-purdna, and Devachandrapra
bhastotra. 1116 Nayasena, author of the Dharmmamita. - Sambavarma, and Sankhavarma-only
named. c. 1070-1120 Nagavarma, author of the Kavydva.
lókana, Chhando'mbudhi, Karnataka-bhd. sha-bhashana, Vastukóra, and Kadambari,--the latter a Kannada version of
Bana's work. c. 1120 Bapa. On this date see below. c. 1120 Mallikarjuna, said to be the author of
Chhorakatha. - Kumudêndu, said to have written a
Kumudêndn-Ramdyana. Maghanandi. There is a Padarthasdra
by a writer of this name. - Balachandra, said to have written the
Tatvaratnad(pikd, and Prabhritakatra.
yavyakhyana. 1158 Náchiraja, author of Nachirdjt, a com
mentary on the Amarakdéa. c. 1170 Nagachandra wrote the Ramachandra.
charita-purúna or Pampa-Rimdyana,
Mallindtha-purdna and Jinamunitanaya. c. 1170 Śrutakirtti, author of Raghava
Pandaviya. c. 1175 Vfranandi, to whom is aseribed the Chan
draprabha-ledvyamala. 1189 Aggaļa, author of the Chandraprabha
purdna, and Aggala-Lilavati. - Chandrabhatta and Srivijaya, named by
Kési-raja. c. 1160-1200 Kesi-rája, author of the Sabdamani.
darpana, Chólapdlakacharita, Subhadra. harana, Prabodhachandra, Kirdta, but
only the first is known. - Bandhuvarma was the author of Hariva
minédbhyudaya, and Jivasambódhane.
- Janna, wrote an Anantan ithacharita. e. 1200 Kamalabhava, author of a Santisa-purana. c. 1220 Karnapárya, author of Némindtha-purana. e. 1295 Mangarasa, author of a Harivansa or
Némi-Jinéśa-sangati, and to whom is ascribed Karndta-Sabdamañjari, Man
matha-charita, and Samyuktva-Kaumudi c. 1250-1300 Rudrabhatta wrote the Jagannatha
vijaya, a Brahmanical work in praise of Krishna Amritanandi, author of the Dhanvantari
nighantu-a medical dictionary. c. 1300 Śålva wrote the Rasaratndkara.
From this period the Jaina literature declines, and Lingayat authors take a prominent place. c. 1398 Abhinava Mangarija, author of the Manga
rájá-nighantu, on the plan of the
Amarakósa. - Abhinava Vadi-vidyônanda, collected the
Kdoyasdra. P 1550 Dêvõttama, author of Nandrtharaindkara.
Dévacbandra, author of the Ramakathd. tatara and Rájdvali-kathe. Vrittivilása, author of Sdétraadra and
Dharmaparikshe. 1604 Bhattakalankadêva, author of the Karnd.
taka Šabdánulásana and its commen
taries. Mr. Rice tells us, that "Bana was the author of the Sriharsha-charita, a life of Harshavarddhana of Thâpesar, who came to the throne 1088. Samano Bana, described as a poet, whose daughter was the mother of Kedi Raja, may have been the Bame person"! This statement may well shake our confidence in any other for which he does not cite his authority; the merest tyro in Sanskrit literature is supposed to know that Bana and Harshavardhana belong to the first half of the seventh century-not the twelfth. References to authorities, however, seem to be carefully avoid. ed in this paper, which is a serious defect. Mr.
