260 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (July, 1913. 
dharayana, one of the ministers of Udayana, king of the Vat- 
bi. 
Another of the published plays of the same author is (No. 
XV, 1912) the Svapna-Vasaradatia,' the chief work of Bhasa 
as is evidenced by numerous notices of it in the Sahitya litera- 
ture. This forms a sequel to the Pratijfia-Yaugandharayana. 
‘ To secure the prosperity of Kausambi ’, the ministers, with a 
half-willing permission and co-operation of the Queen, circu- 
ated a false rumour to the effect that the Queen Vasavadatta 
was destroyed by the pe which burnt down the camp at Lava- 
naka. The ministers succeeded thereby in bringing about their 
mani 8: second marriage with the Princess Padmavati of 
Magad 
That this Udayana was a contemporary of the Buddha we 
gather: from the Jatakas.? His father was Parantapa and son 
Bodhi* according to the Jatakas. In the Vishnupurana Uday- 
ana’s father is called ‘‘ Satanika ’’, which is apparently a title. 
His real name ‘Parkosips appears in the Vay u-Purana in its 
corrupt reading ‘‘ Paripluta’’. His son, of whose succession we 
Medhavi as Udayana’s immediate successor in the Purana.’ 
The Puranas, therefore, tally here with the Buddhist accounts. 
Before discussing the historical data in Bhasa, I may 
The intr neice to the fair pupil is not barred by any 
peer pee things rset = ee had intended them to deve- 
. There is no occasio r the master to call his pupil ‘‘ you 
hunchback ’’, as Sbabribed ra ae commentator of the Dhammapada, 
and ge to — a denna lady. 
1 We ca be sure whether the title was omnia to be the peer 
vadatta, Resune Vaseosios or Svapna-Vasavadattam. There are conflict 
ing ee of bebe on the fag sperially: with epi to the lator 
— 
° 
wo ide the Sva. Vasva. (No. : 77 n., for evidence of t 
manuscript in t Yavou of the Vasavadatta ; iajadekhara’s pea cs 
ze) savadattasya’’ in favour of the title adopted by the learned 
editor of ols plays (ibid., P. xxi); and in ur of - Vasa 
alta,’’ the evidence of manuscript at p. xxi. The author of 
the Amarakoss tka Sarvasva (a. 1159 a.c.) noe it as Svapna-Vasava- 
dattam, while the ritic Bhimaha (9th century 4.C.) calls the 
work 'Svapra-Vaea vad ia (i bid. , Pp. xxii 
2 Rhys Davids, Buddhist India, p. $; Fausbdll, J. 3. 157. 
; Rhys Davids, pp. eee 
b * The Vayu, 37. 270. e Vishnu introduces five names after Med- 
avi and duplicates Udayana along with his father and four later genera 
tions, Agai nst this we have in the i — three magn 
ames 
wo versio: 2) 
WwW upo introduced both, ae se list Sb nigét It aa er: 
worthy that the lin eae comes to an end four generations later, 
Udayana, was defeated and killed, and his kingdom incot- 
agadhan empire, by Maha-Padma Nanda. 
ayana is misspelt in theVayu as Su unaya, 
