King of Kashmir. (See Rājataraṅgiṇī IV. 715-V. 126). Patron of Muktākaṇa, Śivasvāmin,
Ānandavardhana and Ratnākara; 855-884 A. D. For his verses, see Śp. 3604. 3835.
Skm. p. 128. Smv. pp. 215, 252. Sbhv. 1699. 1802. 1889.

Jain. Sūcīpattra 119.

Jain. Pattan I. p. 405. Weber 2010 (18).

Jain. Chani 2005.

Jain. Apabhraṁśa. Jainagranthāvalī p. 247. Mandlik Sup. 504 (inc.). Pattan I. pp. 98.
193.

wife of Rājaśekhara; of the Chauhan family. Her opinions on topics of poetics q. by her
husband in his Kāvyamīmāṁsā, GOS. 1st edn. pp. 20, 46, 57. In the prologue to
Rājaśekhara's Karpūramañjarī, he says that the play was staged at her instance. K. M. 4.
p. 10.

a poetess. Bu7hler, Paiyālacchī, p. 73.

prose romance by Daṇḍin. The main part of the current Daśakumāracarita perhaps formed part
of this voluminous Avantisundarī.

MT. 3454 (a) (full of lacunae). TCD. VIII. 1349. Tra. Ad. Rep. [Page419-a] 1100. 3 (inc.). Trav.
Uni. 1086B. T. 704 (both inc.). The Madras fr. has appeared in print in the Dakṣiṇa Bhāratī
Series, Madras. This Avantisundarīya of Daṇḍin is q. in the Nāmasaṁgrahamālā of Appayya
Dīkṣita. See Annals of Ori. Res., Uni. of Mad, Vol. V. No. 2. The Trivandram Curator's
Office has a transcript of a portion of this work, forming the beginning, without however the
introductory verses. The following information is based on an examination of the Triv. Cur.'s
transcript:

The ms. begins abruptly towards the end of the description of Kañcī, p. 6. Mentions the Pallava
king Siṁhaviṣṇu to whom a Gandharva addresses an Āryā. Asked about the a. of the Āryā, the
Gandharva narrates: From Ānandapura in Āryadeśa a Brahman family migrated to Acalapura created by
Mūladeva (the founder of Kitavasiddhānta) for his friend Acala, in the vicinity of Nāsik; it was
a Kauśika gotra family; in it appeared Narāyaṇasvāmin and his son was Damodarasvāmin (ref. to
as Kauśikakumāra). Dāmodara became a great friend of the Mahāśaiva, of great power and the
source of poesy, Bharavi, and following the latter, established friendship with prince (Rājasūnu)
Viṣṇuvardhana (Kubja Viṣṇuvardhana) and accompanied the latter during a hunt; in the hunt,
Dāmodara had to take meat and consequently had to perform a Tīrthayātra; during his Yātrā,
Dāmodara came into contact with the Gāṅga king Durvinīta who was known for his wanderings
(bhramaṇaśīlakīrteh2). Dāmodara was twenty years of age at [Page419-b] that time; he was the a.
of the Āryā which the Gandharva addressed to Pallava Siṁhaviṣṇu at Kāñcī. Pallava
Siṁhaviṣṇu then invited Dāmodara to his own court through repeated Śrīmukhas
(anekaśrīmukhākṛṣṭamenam ātmasād akarot) and, so to say, adopted him as his own son and gave
him a Brahmadeya village.

Dāmodara's literary achievements at this juncture are thus ref. to: (caturAnanasya AdikaveH
dvijottamasya prAkRtAnAM ca vastubhedAnAM tatpUrva prakaTayituH tasya (dAmodarasya)). Once
Dāmodara sent some Pkt. songs (prākṛtagānāni) to Siṁhaviṣṇu. Dāmodara then wrote the work
Gandhamādana and a Lakṣaṇa-grantha for Skt. and Pkt. poetry.

sa ca tathAnugRhyamANo gandhamAdanaprabhRtibhiH varakRtaiH saMskRtaprAkRtAnAM ca kAvyAnAM
lakSaNaiH dakSiNApathaM sanAthamakarot | At the instance of the king, Dāmodara married; three
sons were born to him: Siṁhaviṣṇu, Manoratha, Atilobha.

Manoratha the second son had four sons: Dāmodara, Bhavadāsa, Siṁhaviṣṇu, Vīradatta.

Vīradatta the last, married Gaurī of Māṭhara gotra and begot many daughters and at long last,
a son named DAṆḌIN. When Daṇḍin was still a child, the mother passed away and soon after
Daṇḍin's Upanayana, his father also passed away.

An invasion of the Tamil (Pallavacountry now took place and the Dramilas (Pallavas), Colas and
Pāṇḍyas were all affected: there was devastation, pillage and famine. Daṇḍin left his home and
wandered over several places, staying in a number of Gurukulas. Invited by the Pallava king to
[Page420-a] come back, Daṇḍin returned to his native place.

Daṇḍin was once invited by a Sthapati, architect, named Lalitālaya, pupil of Māndhātā, who
was an expert in building yantras. Lalitālaya was himself an expert in manufacturing military
machines and besides, was an author in Tamil, having written in that language the Śūdrakacarita.
(amunA kila dramiDabhASayA zUdakacaritamupanibaddham). Lalitālaya invited Daṇḍin to
Mahāmallapuram to see how he had effected a joint in the broken arm of the Śeṣaśayana image
there.

At that time Daṇḍin's friend and son of the general Raṇamalla, Vīrapatāka, spoke. Mention is
then made of a Bhavanātha described as a Kalpasūtra-ṭīkākāra and his son a great Māheśvara
and ‘Mantrārtha-tattvavyākhyāna-catura’, named Mātṛdatta. There is a gap in the text here;
evidently Mātṛdatta follows Daṇḍin to Mahāmallapuram.

At Mahāmallapuram they see the palace on the sea-shore, and see and admire Lalitālaya's
workmanship on the arm of the image. At this juncture, a huge red lotus floats up from the sea,
touches the feet of the image, changes into a divine form and vanishes heavenwards.

On seeing this, another friend of Daṇḍin, Rāmaśarman, a native of Coladeśa speaks. Daṇḍin
thinks that a sage must have cursed a divine being to become a lotus like that. The party Daṇḍin,
Mātṛdatta, Rāmaśarma and Vimata (Vīrapatāka ?) then return to Kāñcī. [Page420-b]

Daṇḍin then has a dream in which Sarasvatī blesses him and asks him to write the story of the
Vidyādhara king Rājavāhana. Next morning, Daṇḍin narrates the story of Avantisundarī, which he
saw in his dream-vision.

The following works are mentioned during the story in the Trivandrum fr.

--Bṛhatkathā, Setubandha, Kādambarī, Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata; Auśanasa, Bārhaspatya,
Vaiśālākṣa and Bāhudantaka Artha Śāstras.

The above Intro. to the story gives the contemporaneity of Bhāravi, (Eastern Cālukya) Kubja
Viṣṇuvardhana, (Gāṅga) Durvinīta, (Pallava) Siṁhaviṣṇu, and Poet Dāmodara, the last being
the great-grandfather of Daṇḍin.

See also IHQ. III. i. pp. 169-171; JOR. Madras IX. p. 17 ff; Jayanti Rāmayya
Pantulu, Com. Vol., article on Mahendravarman I and Pulakeśin II; Proceed. Ind. His.
Cong. III. (1939), pp. 516-9. V. Raghavan, Annals of Ori. Res. Uni. of Mad. Vol. V. pt.
2; J. of the Trav. (Kerala) Uni. Mss. Lib. VII, end. and Bhojas's Śṛṅgāra
Prakāśa (1963) pp. 836-7.

Edn. based on the single ms. noticed above, TSS. 172.

kathā in verse. MT. 3454 (b). TCD. 1403A (up to 6 chs.). Trav. Uni. C. 1688A (inc.).

Ptd. in Dakṣiṇa Bhāratī Series.

The mark with the word ‘Ānanda’ found in the last verse of each canto here is given by Bhoja in
his Śṛṅgāra Prakāśa as a characteristic of Pañcaśikha's Śūdrakakathā.

A revised edn. has been published [Page421-a] serially in the JOR. Madras, XVI.
onwards.

of the Skandapurāṇa. See under Skandapurāṇa.

śaiva. PUL. II. App. p. 65.

from the Bhagavadārādhanasaṅgraha of the Pāñcarātra. Mysore I. p. 594.

vaidika. PUL. I. p. 38.

śr. Adyar I. p. 63a. BISM. thi. 762.

śr. MD. 1151.

Nasik II. 705 (a).

śr. Adyar II. App. iv a. Mithilā IV. 8. PUL. I. p. 38.

śr. Trav. Uni. 14243G.

med. by Nāgārjuna. Cordier III. pp. 469-70. Filliozat 321.

Bud. by Nāgārjuna. Cordier III. p. 85.

ny. Avayava, mūla (i. e. Maṇi (?)). Ani.

ny. For works on this connected with Tattvacintāmaṇi and its C. s see also under
Tattvacintāmaṇi.

ny. Ani (with C.). Hz. 1351. IM. 9661 (g) (fr.). Kāmakoṭi 2/7. Prativādibhayaṅkar p. 2 (nos.
38. 43). Sri. Dev. 153 (a). SSPC. III. K. 94.

--ny. by Goloka. Stein 144 (inc.).

--by Raghunatha Śiromaṇi (from his Dīdhiti). Adyar. Mīm. Vid. 285. Śṛṅgerī Mutt 198.
SSPC. III. K. 197. 216. 227.

--C. Baroda 4177.

--C. by Gadādhara. Alph. List Beng. Govt. p. 8. Ani. Mīm. Vid. 261.

--by Mathurānātha. SSPC. I. A. 129 (inc.). III. K. 35. 63. 80. [Page421-b]

--by Jagadīśa. PUL. II. p. 2. SSPC. III. K. 3. 72. 148. 163. Sūcīpattra 45.

--by Gadādhara. Ani. Baroda 2531. 6350. 9930 (a). Fl. 489. Wai 263 (Pt. II).

--C. Adyar. MD. 16837. SSPC. III. K. 64. 65. 123. 294.

--by Kaṇādasiddhānta Vāgīśa. SSPC. III. K. 156.

--by Bhavananda. BORI. 687 of 1883-84. D. p. 387. SSPC. III. K. 276.

--C. Adyar.

ny. by Gadādhara. Adyar. Prativādibhayaṅkar p. 24 (nos. 37. 38).

ny. Dāhilakṣmī 92. MD. 16109. Oppert I. 7655. Pejawar 12. 77. 368. Tirupati 79. 80.

--by Gaurīśaṅkara. Sri. Dev. 153.

--Candranārāyaṇīya. MT. 1795. Prativadibhayaṅkar p. 2 (no. 44). Sri. Dev. 153.

--by Śaṅkara Bhaṭṭa. MD. 16836.

--by Śrīnivāsācārya. Oppert II. 10209.

--on Gādādharī. Adyar II. p. 121b (7 mss.). (2 mss.-Pañcamaviṣayatāvicāra). Baroda 12605
(a). Prativādibhayaṅkar p. 23 (no. 14).