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kick, and dynamism not unlike those that characterise stanzas in some of Siddhasena's known dvdtrimśikās. However, these verses are today not traceable in other known sourcos which otherwise show. familiarity with one or the other of Siddbasena's works. Under the circumstances, Siddhasena's authorship of the ver ses can genuinely be doubted. Indeed, there were in the past several premedieval Sanskrit poets possessing considerable skill and virtuosity. And the medieval prabandha, kathanaka and caritra writers possessed strong propensity for picking up quotable quotes from various sources and different authors and, regardless of the period, style, and provenance, used them depending on what the situation demanded ! The case of the above-cited verses must, therefore, be kept open, even when one may grant the possibility of their being the product of Siddhasena Divākara. (As an after thought, and indeed with some hesitance, I would suggest that, if the above-cited verses could be by Siddh asepa Di. vākara, they may as well have formed the part of the Gunavacana-dvatrimsika which today contains 28 verses, falling short by 4 for making it a complete dvatrimśika. How far the former verses fit in this Gunavacana composition, and, if they do, where exactly their position could be is a point that can be settled by experts on Sanskrit poetics.)
: The Prabhāvaka-carita, at one other place, introduces four verses in the context of Siddhasena10, which, judging by their style, cadence, content and colour can be unhesitatingly hailed as coming from the pen of none else but Divakara :
प्रकाशितं यथैकेन त्वया सम्यग्जगत्त्रयम् । समप्रेरपि नो नाथ परतीर्थाधिपैस्तथा ॥ विद्योतयति वा लोकं यथैकोऽपि निशाकरः । समुद्गातः समग्रोऽपि किं तथा तारकागणः॥ त्वद्वाक्यतोऽपि केषाञ्चिदबोध इति मेऽद्भुतम् । भानोमरीचयः कस्य नाम नालोकहेतवः ॥ न चाद्भुतमुलूकस्य, प्रकृत्या क्लिष्टचेतसः । स्वच्छा अपि तमस्त्वेन भासन्ते भास्वतः कराः ॥
However, the Prabhāvaka-carita is a work of a date late in the medieval period; for permitting an indubitable conclusion, a definite evidence for the indicated attribution from an earlier and a more reliable source is needed. For the first two verses the evidence comes from the Dharmopaedsamála-vivarana (S. 905/A. D. 859) of Jayasimha Sari". The author qu cics these verses as of Siddhasena Divākara's by an un ambiguous qualifi statement to the effect ;
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