164 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.  [May, 1906. 
in Utkala, that he married Padmavati, that he composed the’ 
Gitagovinda with the line smara-garala-khandanam written by 
Lord Krsna i in the guise of the oet (chapter '39)1; that the king 
Lord’s favours to him and his wife (ch. 40), that J ae as 
once robbed and had his hands and feet lopped off but that the limbs: 
a bath in the Ganges, and the river goddess appeared before him 
in her watery form (ch. 41), 
This tradition is not old and seems to have jumbled together 
facts of different periods. The Sanskrit 
Bhaktamala was evidently based on the 
Hindi Bhaktamal of Nabhadisa, as edited and rewritten by Nara- 
yanadasa in the reign of Shah hjehén, A.D. 1628-1658 (Grierson, 
Lit. Hind, J.AS.B. 1888, p. 27). The tradition 
cannot thus be traced back beyond the seventeenth century, and 
yon er strong corroboration before it can be accepted 
Objections, 
' waRTaGe toa SH wate hyy | 
farefarrsfamat oat area: 1 2 
aateie fest sat waza fa war | 
fagrarara: yr: Waray ae: 12 
CAT Hata HaMaafana | 
wa aaa Waa atefaanaAg || 39 4 
xfa fafea faata mantfacaaas | 
Wie ata ya HE AAA SI 3s A 
sfa Stunagfanieicn qatagufed saatraetiee: BT | 
* gayeaufudhzat: ufcafe qeytaederaat- 
azaniaaaaamaa fafege faaHze | 
a AsweaMyTa aT Buutaat yfaat: 
uw aisazanfeaafawatg fawnwfa i al 
a 
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