from the Harshacharita* is given in the footnote below. In
the introductory verses to the Kadambari the genealogy
is given as follows. Kubera was a Brahmana of the
V&tsyayana gotra and was honoured by many Gupta
kings. His son was Arthapati, whose son was Chitra-
bhanu who was Bana's father. The student will notice
that in this narrative, Pas'upata, who appears to have
been the great-grand-father of Bana, if we are to rely upon
the Harshacharita, is omitted. It is strange that Bana
( or his son who is supposed by some to have written the
introductory verses to the Kadambari) should have forgotten
his own great-grand-father. The only explanation that we
offer ( of course with great hesitation ) is that the verses
containing the reference to Pas'upata were not to be found
in the MSS. used for preparing the printed editions of the
K&dambari.
. The progenitor of Bana's family, Vatsa, lived in a place
called Pritikuta on the banks of the Hiranyabahu, otherwise
called S'ona. Bana's mother, Rajadevi, died while he was yet
a child. He was all the more dear to his father, who was a
very mother to him. Bana had the misfortune to lose his
father when he was about fourteen years old. Bana tells us
that he thereafter led a wandering life. He mentions as the
son of सरस्वती and दधीच.
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कुबेर ( a descendant of वत्स ).
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अच्युत ईशान हर पाशुपत
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अर्थपति
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भृगु हंस शुचि कबि महीदत्त धर्म जातवेदस् चित्रभानु त्र्यक्ष अहिद्त्त विश्वरूप
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बाण.
