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A third tradition refers him to Bengal, describes him 
ite ae. Lic ' as a Pandit in the court of 
ae tradition Laksma’ a, and locates his ae in 
village Kenduli, District Birbhum 
This tradition mit to baer most reliable of the three. It 
s accepted in all the existin entaries 
uae most Te- on the Gitagovindu. In ee ont cident known 
s mangers er Rasika-priya of Kumbha- 
karna, under verse 4, sarga I, oted :—Iti ot ee 
rajno-Laksmnasenasya prasiddha a rudhih. Of the king Kum- 
ee iia of Medapat (Mew4d) various inscriptions have bee found 
ranging from A.D. 1438 to 145 o the tradition was current at 
least in the first half of the fifteenth century. The verse 4 itself 
gives Jayadeva’s name with Umapatidhara, Sarana, Govardhana 
and Dhoyi,? all of whom are Bengal poets probably contempo- 
Fairies of the king Laksmanasena ; and this juxtaposition is be 
explainable on the supposition of Jayadeva too being a Benga 
contemporary. Furthermore, the stanza 1, sarga I of the Gla. 
oO 
Laksmagasena and one of Kesavasena 8; ; and this similarit dis- 
Lk Alankara-Sekhara of Keéava Misra, Nir. Sag. Pr., p. 17. 
work is not older than the 16th century a.p. The author lived in 
the sour of Man whores and a king bearing that name began to rule 
in Kangra in a.p. 1563 (A.S.R, V. 160). 
| qagaq wat sata varfa: | 
afaxias talfa afaat wae as 
Said to have been inscribed over the door of the king’s sabha-hall. 
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