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Purushakara, treating about Subdhatu (सुब्धातु). The commentator's name is found at the close of two other works in the Palace Library, namely Abhinavakaustubhamala (अभिनव कौस्तुभमाला), and Dakshinamurtistava (दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तव).

  "श्रीकृष्ण [१]केलिशुकवाङ्मयवीचिमाला-
  लीलारसज्ञ(मकर)श्रवणाञ्चलस्य ।
  देवस्य दिव्यहृदये हृदयङ्गमेयं
  कण्ठस्थले च सुकृतां सुचिराय जीयात् ॥"
  "त्रिभुवनसुभगेयं दक्षिणामूर्तिमूर्तौ
  भगवति कृतभावा कृष्णलीलाशुकीया ।
  जयतु जयतु देवी भारती जीवलोक-
  श्रवणहृदयजिह्वाजन्म साफल्यमेतु ॥"

That the author of our Purushakara was a devotee of SriKrishna (श्रीकृष्ण) is clearly seen from its commencing and concluding stanzas; and his devotion to Dakshinamurti accords well with his reputation as a [२]sage (मुनि). From these and the depths of thought found in these two works, it can be inferred that Krishnalilasuka mentioned as the author of these works is none other than the author of Purushakara. Probably the commentator acquired the name of Krishnalilasuka on account of the devotion to Sri Krishna and excellence in sweetness of diction found together in him.
 As regards Deva, no other work of his is known.

 When exactly Deva or Krishnalilasuka lived, it is not possible to determine. It is plainly seen, however, that their time was anterior to that of Sayanacharya, whose date is known as the middle of the fourteenth century A. D. As, our commentator makes reference to Hemachandra (हेमचन्द्र) who lived in the middle of the twelfth century, it follows that he should have lived at some time in the interval between the end of the twelfth and the beginning of the fourteenth centuries.


  1. केळि the synonym for लीला is used for the sake of metre.
  2. The original manuscripts of the three works conclude 'इति श्रीकृष्णलीलाशुकमुनि ... ... ... ...’