KADAMBAR. XV A. D*. So Vamana is later than 700 A. D. (b) He is often quoted by Pratiharendurja, the commentator of Udbhata's Kavyalankara, . Pratiharendumraja, who was a pupil of Mukula, son of Kallata, fourished in the first half of the 10th centuryITherefore Vamana is earlier than 900 A. D. ( c) Abhinavagupta says that Anandavardhana, bearing in mind the conflicting views of Vamana and Bhamaha as regards Samsokti and Akshepa, gave the verse Anurga vat sandhya &c.’ (p. BY Dhvanyईloka ) as an example. So according to Abhinavagupta, Vanana fourished before Anandavardhana ८. ४. before the latter half of 9th century A. D. (d) A Vamana is mentioned as the ministers of king Jayीpida (45-776 A. D.) of Kashmir and is identi fied by Kashmirian Pandits with the author of the Kavy laikarastra. These four lines of inquiry make it highly robable, if not certain, that Vanana flourished in the latter half of the 8th century. Bana's Kadambari was . well known, as shown above, in the latter half of the 8th century. Thus from the 12th century backwards to the 8th, we have a host of writers who refer in unmistakable terms to Bana and his worksBesides those mentioned by us above. there are writers of less note such as the authors of the Nalachamp and the Kirtikaumudi that refer to Baga. We refrain from quoting them for want of space. The date of Bana is of paramount importance for the chronology of Sanskrit writers. Bana in the introductioi to his Harshacharita mentions a number of Sanskrit works and poets1. The first half of the 7th century is the termin See DrBhandarkars preface to the Malatmadhave p. L.
- See Folios 12, 55, 56, &c., of the Deccan College Msof
Pratiharendurबैja's commentary. + वामनाभिप्रायेणायमाक्षेपः, भामहाभिप्रायेण तु समासोक्तिरित्यमुमाशयं हृद ये गृहीत्वा समासोक्त्याक्षेपयोरिदमेकमेवोदाहरणं व्यतरद्भन्थकृत् ।' लोचन p. 37ः 8 ‘मनोरथः शंखदत्तश्चटकः सन्धिमांस्तथा । बभूवुः कवयस्तस्य वामनाथाश्च मत्रिणः ’ राजतरंगिणी IV. 497. The works and poets mentioned by name are:-Vyasa, Vasavadatta, Bhattara-Harichandra, Satavahana, the Setu of Pravarasana, Bhasa, Kalidasa. Bribatkatha and Adhyaraja-
