Parshvabhyuday

Author(s): Jinsenacharya, M G Kothari
Publisher: Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi

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In the following stanzas -
यस्योत्तुङगमतङगजा निजमदस्त्रोतस्विनीसङगमाद्गाडगं वारि कलङकितं कट मुहुः पीत्वाऽपगच्छत्तषः । कौमारं घनचन्दनं वनमा पत्युस्तरङगानिलः मन्दान्दोलितमस्तभास्करकरच्छायं समाशिश्रियन् ॥२९॥ दुग्धाब्धौ गिरिणा हरौ हतसुखा गोपीकुचोखट्टनः पचे भानुकरभिदेलिमवले वासावसडकोचने । यस्योरःशरणे प्रथीयसि भुजस्तम्भान्तरोत्तम्भितस्थैर्ये हारकलापतोरणगुणे श्रीः सौख्यमागाच्चिरम् ॥ ३० ॥ अकालवर्षभूपाले पालयत्यखिलामिलाम्
तस्मिन्विध्वस्तनिःशेषद्विषि वीघयशोजुषि ॥ ३१ ॥ found in the Praśasti of the Uttarapurāņa, king Akālavarşa is highly glorified by Acārya Lokasena, the author of the Praśasti. In my opinion, king Akālavarşa, glorified in the stanzas of the above-referred to Prasasti and king Akalavarsa, who, as seen above, was the father of king Druvarāja alias Dhāravärşa, are not two different individuals but identical, for king Akālavarşa, glorified by Acārya Lokasena, is described by the same author as the successor of king Amoghavarşa. This king Amoghavarşa cannot be the son of king Govinda I]I alias king Jagattunga. King Akālavarşa referred to in the Prasasti of the Uttarapurāņa, king Akālavarșa referred to in the copperplate inscription from Sanjānā, king Krşparāja or śubhatunga referred to by Puşpadanta in his works and king Krşņarāja referred to in the Prasasti of the Harivamśapurāņa are identical.
The inference that the dates of the great poet Puşpadanta and others should be pushed back to the period prior to the year 705 of the śālivāhana saka era, militates against what is stated in the Praśasti of the Uttarapurāņa. The Prasasti of the Uttarapurana was, according to some scholars, written by Acārya Guņabhadra himself. According to other scholars, the first