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stories about the intercourse of Hemasūri and Kumarapāla. Short notes on Vågbbata, Āprabhata, Udayachandrasūri, Alinga, Vāmarasi, Sankaracharya, Ajayapala Bala-Mularāja, Vastupāla and Tejahpāla are also found there. The fifth part gives a short account of Nandarāja, Silāditya, fall of Valabhi, Munja, Govardhana Lakshmanasena, Jayachanda, Jagaddera, Paramardi, Prithvirāja, Varābamibir, Bhartrubari, Vagbhatta Vaidya, Kshetrapāla and others.
We have given above a more or less detailed account of the contents of the Prabandhachintā. mani because it is an important work on the history of Gujarata. Mr. Forbes and Dr. Bhagvānlal have made much use of this work while writing the history of Gujarata in the Rās Mālā and the Bombay Gazetter respectively. The Prabandhachintamani is translated into several languages.
The Vicharasrenj33 is another important work of Merutnngasūri. It gives useful dates and contains short notes on Kalakacharya, Haribhadra and Jinabhadra. Some believe that this Merutunga is not the author of the Prabandhachintamani.
The Mahapurshacharita or the Upadesasati34 (33) Velankara, No. 1656. (34) Peterson, III, 266 ; Peterson, VI, 43; Weber, II, 1024. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
