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INTRODUCTION
a).
Yuddhakanda of Yuddhakānda of RC. com- Uttarakanda of PC. completed on pleted on Wednesday 3, RC. begun on Monday 1, dark Phālguna Nakşatra, which Sunday 10, Mula half of Jyestha.
fell on
Nakşatra, which which fell on
fell on 1) May 31, 717 (i) Jan. 15, 727 (3rd and Jan. 27, 732
4th, Uttarā P., Māgha, (Māgha, Bahula)
Bahula). (ii) July 14, 728 (Pūrvā
P., Śrāvana, sukla). 2) May 27, 720 July 27, 735 (Uttarā P., August 7, 740 Nija Śrāvana, sukla). Bhadrapada,
Sūkla) 3) May 29, 747 July 28, 762 (Uttarā P., (i) Feb. 9, 766
Adhika Bhadrao, Su- (Mūla & Pūrvākla).
şadhā, Māgha, Bahula) (ii) August 9, 767 (Bhādrapada,
Sūkla) 4) (i) May 21, 764 Jan. 17, 781 (Pūrvā P. August 1, 784 (1st & 2nd) Māgha, Bahula).
(Śrāvana, Sūkla) (ii) June 6, 768
(Adhika) (iii) June 12, 771.
But all these considerations cannot lead us any further so long as more definite data do not become available to narrow down the range between 677 A.D. and 960 A.D.
Personal account of Sva y am bh ūdeva'.
The trait of self-consciousness in some of the Apabhraíba poets has made them somewhat communicative, though in view of the general tradition of the ancient Indian writers to maintain as it were a religious taciturnity concerning themselves, it is to be expected that this communicativeness of theirs is far remote from supplying materials sufficient for sketching their life and literary activity. From the few details that lie scattered in the opening portions of PC. and RC., in the Sandhi-endings of these two works and in their colophons composed by Svayambhu's son Tribhuvana” we can gather a few facts relating to Svayambhū and his family. Māüraeva (or Māruyaëva)" and Paümiņi (Padmini) were the parents of Svayambhū. One Māüradeva quoted at Sc. IV 9 was possibly none else than Svayambhu's father and in that case Svayambhū's family can rightly feel proud of maintaining the literary tradition for three successive generations: Māüradeva followed and excelled by his son Svayambhū, who in his turn followed by his younger son Tribhuvana. This latter, out of fond(1) Partial or fuller accounts of Svayambhū and his literary activity based on
the same original sources that are utilized here will be found in Modi, 1935, Tippaņi, 3-4, 15, 23-24, 35-38; 1940, 157-178; Jain, 1935; Velankar, 1935, 18-29; 1936, 69-71; 1946, 2-4; Premi, 1942, 370-395; Sankrityayan, 1945, 22-23, Premi's account is fuller and more connected than any other and it takes into consideration most of the previous writings.
The stanzas are collected in Appendix I. (3) In PC. 1 2 10 we have Mārūeëva (P.), Mārüyayeva (S.), Mārueëva (A.),
but the metre requires something like Maruyaeva. One of the colophon stanzas (Appendix I, 53) has Maira (A. Movara). SC. IV 9 is given under the caption taha a Māüradevasa, Māruya can wellbe a metathetical sub. stitute for the comparatively unfamiliar Māüra.
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