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(XII) ges neal : 
The king Ballala-— In A.D. 69-70. he Salta. the Dana- 
a va, as wri- sdyara, a manual describing the various 
inds of gifts and the connected cere- 
monies, In A.D. 1168-69 he started the compilation of the Adbhuta- 
sagara, but died before completing it on the banks of the Ganges. 
It was completed by Ae ae aese The Adbhuta-sdgura deals 
with omens and portents.' It gives the Saka bhuja-vasu-dasa or 
1082 as his first year. aie (s.v.) was his guru, or spiri- 
tual guide , 
(==. The S.K. and the §.P. (No. 764) quote only one of his 
erses :— 
faxa fafac arealzqga- 
*feaafa facmquiaama: fa | 
aaafe 4 wet aetaEtte 
‘gafameazaaa “Gury | ‘Aamredazanctai u° 
* gfe cfacatun wawa: faa —S.P. » afafafung-—S.P. 
° warg: —S.P. 4 wereta—s.P. 
(XIII) MADHU or DHARMADHIKARANA MADHU. 
Th e Ju ge. &° as the 3 eight hand staff of the Line Laks- 
Madhu. manasena,* Presumably, therefore, he was 
a Bengal man, and as his title signifies a judge. Under the name 
Madhu seven more verses are quoted in the §.K.§ He may be 
identical with the judge. 
15¥For references to,the = of via Dana-sagara and the Adbhuta-sagara, 
see my article, J.AS.B., N. s., 5, I. p. 46, Note 1. In Speer one MS, 
of oer ema -sdgara-is in "India ‘Government, and—one MS., apparently a 
f t, noticed in the “‘ Notices” Cy e um Mics II. pp. 2-3 (No. 3) One copy 
of fhe. rhe -ségara is in the As. Soc.’s 
° araee faqut aatfa wg aasat fafeni 
Starr feces uieare | aa Maga: | 
weanufaaraayst wae “sates: 
stam haayatewtsty qt az! | 
8 yerare—S. ® wegf—A. wal—s. V. 761, fol, 2010, 
3 §.K.—II. 14°2, TI. 147°1;"V. 7°2, Vs 9°1, Ve 15°4, Ve 66°2-3, 
