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PREFACE
xi
Kumarasmhbham (iv, 64 ; vi, 33, 68 ; viii, 34 ; xiii, 58), Kautilya
(ii, 111), Charaka (ix, 68 ; x, 72), Tantrakhyayika (v, 50 ; ix, 48,
57), Taittirigbpanishad (xiv, 60), Nagdnnnda (xv, 65), Patamjalu
(Yognsutra, x, 76 ; xiii, 23; xiv, 62), Bana (ii, 88 ; Kadmnbarl,
xiv, 61; JIarslmchiirita, x, 76), Bhagavadglta (xii, 55 ; xiv, 64,
70, 79; xv, 16, 17, 27, 34), Bhattanarayana ( Venimmharn,
iv, 12), Bhatti (viii, 34), Bharata (i, 10, 55 ; ii, 8, 89 ; viii, 29 ;
ix, 64 ; x, 13 ; xiii, 66 ; xiv, 50), Bhilmaha (x, 33 ; xii, 35),
Manu (v, 49 ; xiv, 35, 67), Mahabharatci (ii, 36, 37, 45, 73, 84,
86, 87; x, 32 ; xii, 56 ; xiii, 19; xiv, 6, 9, 55, 57), Meghadiita
(i, 42), Meclhaviruclra (xi, 6), Yajiu veda (xiv, 23, 24), Yajfia-
valkya (xiv, 9), Raghuvaihsa (iii, 62, 74 ; ix, 22), Rudrata (ii, 44,
88 ; viii, 26, 37 ; ix, 6 ; x, 33 ; xii, 55 ; xiii, 40), Vararuchi
(Lihganusasana, i, 8), Vulianutbanalila (ii, 72), Siks/ia (xiv, 20),
Samkhydkarika (i, 33 ; xv, 27), and Setubandha (x, 20, 33). It,
will be observed that all these works and authors belong to the
period before a.d. 900, and thus confirm indirectly the date
to which Pandit Durgaprasiid assigns Yallabhadeva. In con-
sideration of Vallabhadeva’s comparatively early date, it seems
worth mentioning that his commentary on verse 14 of the
Meg/iaduta does not find in the word t^^T»TT*lTiTt—as Mallinatha
did—an allusion to the Buddhist teacher Dihnaga.1
Hitherto the printed texts of the epics of Kalidasa and
Miigha used to be accompanied by the commentaries of
Mallinatha, who belongs to quite recent times.3 While
admitting that his commentaries are very learned, lucid, and
methodical, I believe that Vallabhadeva’s works, too, deserve
to be published, on account both of their antiquity and of
their comparative simplicity. They are not overloaded with
1 Cf. "Weber, ZDMG., vol. 22, p. 726 ft.; Max Muller, India, p. 306 f.; Keith,
JltAS., 1909, p. 435 f.
2 See the Preface of my edition of the PnUritarupavatara, p. iv, note 4. To
Mi-. Kolachala Srinivasa Rao, a direct descendant of Mallinatha, I owe a copy of his
Telug-u version of Agastya’s Bdlabhirata (Bellary, 1908). In the English Preface
to his work he states that Krishnaraya of Vijayanagara (a.d. 1509 to 1529) is
reported to have granted a village to a grandson of Mallinatha.
xi
Kumarasmhbham (iv, 64 ; vi, 33, 68 ; viii, 34 ; xiii, 58), Kautilya
(ii, 111), Charaka (ix, 68 ; x, 72), Tantrakhyayika (v, 50 ; ix, 48,
57), Taittirigbpanishad (xiv, 60), Nagdnnnda (xv, 65), Patamjalu
(Yognsutra, x, 76 ; xiii, 23; xiv, 62), Bana (ii, 88 ; Kadmnbarl,
xiv, 61; JIarslmchiirita, x, 76), Bhagavadglta (xii, 55 ; xiv, 64,
70, 79; xv, 16, 17, 27, 34), Bhattanarayana ( Venimmharn,
iv, 12), Bhatti (viii, 34), Bharata (i, 10, 55 ; ii, 8, 89 ; viii, 29 ;
ix, 64 ; x, 13 ; xiii, 66 ; xiv, 50), Bhilmaha (x, 33 ; xii, 35),
Manu (v, 49 ; xiv, 35, 67), Mahabharatci (ii, 36, 37, 45, 73, 84,
86, 87; x, 32 ; xii, 56 ; xiii, 19; xiv, 6, 9, 55, 57), Meghadiita
(i, 42), Meclhaviruclra (xi, 6), Yajiu veda (xiv, 23, 24), Yajfia-
valkya (xiv, 9), Raghuvaihsa (iii, 62, 74 ; ix, 22), Rudrata (ii, 44,
88 ; viii, 26, 37 ; ix, 6 ; x, 33 ; xii, 55 ; xiii, 40), Vararuchi
(Lihganusasana, i, 8), Vulianutbanalila (ii, 72), Siks/ia (xiv, 20),
Samkhydkarika (i, 33 ; xv, 27), and Setubandha (x, 20, 33). It,
will be observed that all these works and authors belong to the
period before a.d. 900, and thus confirm indirectly the date
to which Pandit Durgaprasiid assigns Yallabhadeva. In con-
sideration of Vallabhadeva’s comparatively early date, it seems
worth mentioning that his commentary on verse 14 of the
Meg/iaduta does not find in the word t^^T»TT*lTiTt—as Mallinatha
did—an allusion to the Buddhist teacher Dihnaga.1
Hitherto the printed texts of the epics of Kalidasa and
Miigha used to be accompanied by the commentaries of
Mallinatha, who belongs to quite recent times.3 While
admitting that his commentaries are very learned, lucid, and
methodical, I believe that Vallabhadeva’s works, too, deserve
to be published, on account both of their antiquity and of
their comparative simplicity. They are not overloaded with
1 Cf. "Weber, ZDMG., vol. 22, p. 726 ft.; Max Muller, India, p. 306 f.; Keith,
JltAS., 1909, p. 435 f.
2 See the Preface of my edition of the PnUritarupavatara, p. iv, note 4. To
Mi-. Kolachala Srinivasa Rao, a direct descendant of Mallinatha, I owe a copy of his
Telug-u version of Agastya’s Bdlabhirata (Bellary, 1908). In the English Preface
to his work he states that Krishnaraya of Vijayanagara (a.d. 1509 to 1529) is
reported to have granted a village to a grandson of Mallinatha.