Prakritsarvaswam

Author(s): Markandey, Krushnachandra Acharya
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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two Kāvyānusāsanas, one by Vāgbbața and the other by Hemacandra, two Kāvyālamkāras, one by Bhāmaha and the other by Rudrața. A Prākrit poem named Lilāvatilo is found ascribed to Koühala whereas à vithi, a Sanskrit dramatic work bearing the same, name, is found ascribed to Rāmapāņivāda." Thus the ascription of DVM being actually composed by Mk to Puruşottamadeva falls to the ground; and we must take it as a separate work,
6. Pischel, discussing the date of Mk follows AUFRECHT ( Catalogus Catalogorum ) who takes Mukundadeva to be one who ruled in 1664 A.D. according to STERLING. Though a wrong date, this refers to Mukundadeva of Bhoi dynasty (see Grammatik, p. 11 ). PISCHEL, however, opines that nothing can be said about Mārkaņdeya's age with certainty 12 GRIERSON, in his several essays, has mentioned Mk to have belonged to the 17th century. This date of Mk has also been accepted by several later scholars 3 excepting, of course, L. NITTI Dolci?4 who suggests an earlier date for the grammarian. She bases her arguments on the following grounds :
i) As remarked by PiSCHEL ( Grammatik, 40 ) none of the authors cited by Mk is later than Śaka era 964=
10 See Lālāvati ed. by Dr. A. N. Upadhye, Bombay, Samvat 2005.
11 See Introduction to Usāṇiruddham p. XVI, ed. by C. K. RĀJA, Adyar library publications. For reference see at Page 14.
12 Grammatik, 20.
13 Keith History of Sankrit Litarature. p. 434. (ii)Introduction to Prakrit, WOOLNER, p. 94. (ii) Prakrit Languages and their Contribution to Indian Culture, KATRE., p. 31.(iv)Prāksta Kalpataru ed, by M, M. GHOSH, P. XIII and several others.
14 Les Gramm. pp. 90-91