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of it: Nemicandra, who has based his plot on that of Vasavadattā of Subandhu and has followed the style of Bana, shows a close acquaintance with Samskrit. Moreover, he who probably" had a casual acquaintance with the Prakrit poem Līlavati:10, “the title of which has lent itself to his work”ll, and who himself has composed a couple of Prakrit verses in the work??, also shows that he was a good student of the Prakrit language and literature and so might, naturally, have been attracted and influenced by Rājasekhara, a not too distant predecessor and one who had made a name for himself with his Samskri and Prakrit work, particularly the Kāvyamīmāmsa, the Bālarāmāyana and the Karpūramañjari, and who had, with confidence, entitled himself 'Sarvabhāsavicaksana”:13 and “Savvabhāsacadura'. 14
It must, however, be made clear that the admission of Rājśckhara's influence on Nemicandra does not assume that the character of Bhairavvānanda, the magician,' is an orignal crcation of Rājaśckhara. Characters of this type are found in the works of his predecessors. Vidyeśvara, in the Dasakumāracarita of Dandin (Pūrva-pīthikā V Ucchvása) Sambarasiddhi, in the Ratnāvali of Sri-Harsa (iv Act), Bhairavācārya, in the Harsacarita of Bana (III Ch.), and Aghoraghanla, in the Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (V Act), are a few examples of characters possessing some affinity with Bhairavānanda of Rajasekhara. Who was the first creator of this type of character and how and to what extent the later writers followed it in their works, is a problem by itself for an exclusive paper. Besides, the admission of Rajasekhara's inslucnce on Nemicandra does not go with the assumption that Nemicandra had not come across any characters of that type besides Pājasekhara's Bhairavananda. A few points in the episode or the character of Mayabhujamga resemble the above-mentioned characters or episodes, and also that of Bhairavu or Bhairavānandu pressented by Puşpadanta (cira 965 A.D.) in his Jasaharacariu (1.6-7) composed in Apabhramsalo: but they are not so close as
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