Samraiccha Kaha Chattha Bhavo

Author(s): M C Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granthratna Karyalay

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derived from religion. Haribhadra speaks about it in details in Bhūmikā. ( See. . 27. f-2 P. 3. lines 3-7.; P. 4. lines 13-14.)
The name of the present work is Samaraicca-Kahā as it popularly goes, though Haribhadra himself has named it SamarāiccaCariya. Uddyotana, the famous author of Kuvalayamala calls it Samara-miyanka. Deva. candra, the teacher of famous Hemacandra speaks of it "AUT & W et FACEUT farfurchfar 3t' (See a. F. 7. 8-2. Intro. P. vi.-vii. )
The date of Haribhadra is between 700 A. D. to 778 A. D. The lower limit of Haribhadra's date is fixed by Uddyotana's Kuvalayamālā. In the introduction of Kuvalayamala, he mentions Haribhadra as his preceptor in canonical literature and logic. Now Uddyotana's date is fixed as 778 A. D. by his own evidence. The upper limit of Hari. bhadra's date is fixed by the quotations from the authors cited by him in his numerous works, especially from Kumarila, Dharmakirti, Bhartrihari and others. These quotations can safely help us to fix the upper limit of his date as 700 A. D. or thereabout (See. F
. a. 8~ Intro. vii-xiv.)