328 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (June, 1908. 
Kalidasa uses the word Jamitra in Kumara VII,1. This word 
is borrowed from the Greeks. The Aaa borrower in this respect 
was Aryabhata whose approximate date is 499 A.D. Kalidasa, 
therefore, must have lived pretty long after 499 A.D. 
CorROBORATION OF Litrne VALuE. 
Before discussing the theory itself I shall take up the cor- 
roborations as noted above. 
the first place, Prof. Macdonell oe on Mallinatha’s 
interpretation: ‘‘ This explanation .. . is extremely dubious in it- 
self. Then es is uncertain whether Mallinatha means the Buddhist 
teacher Di Thirdly, little weight can be attached to the 
opposed to Chinese evidence, which | indicates that works of 
A.D. 
Secondly, I belie eve Kalidasa himself never thought of A 
an explanation. This is obvious from the verse itse lf. The t 
S~ gqrazenq ecatgargquatae @ 
fesararat ufe ufeerq Bases | 
I doubt if epereqra@y can be legitimately compounded to mean 
‘foolish vauntings as expressed by gesticulations.”” Even if this 
point is allowed, the plural in feearatata becomes indefensible. 
When the word feeata is not intended for many individuals, 
the plural will indicate respect (atca) for feeata on the 
part of the poet. Would that be consistent in the case of a 
“hated rival,” part for whom is already expressed - the 
ridicule in waaay ? 
¥ x Miller makes much of the fact that Mallinatha 
believed N an and Dignaga to be contemporaries of Kalidasa. 
In other words he accepts “the. aia of a s. individual (Malli- 
natha) against that of the whole of India that Kalidasa and 
Vikramadity a were llamar’ in the first century B. 
ferring to the astronomical argument, Prof. Macdonell 
says: “ Butit has been shown by Dr. Thibaut that an Indian 
astronomical treatise, undoubtedly written under Greek influence, 
the Romaka Siddhinta, is older than Aryabhata, and cannot be 
placed later than A.D. 400.’ 
Max Miller refers with approval to the stress laid by Prof. 
Jacobi on the appearance me the word sf#¥ in Kumara. This 
approval implies two things : 
(1) That the word is exclusively Greek. 
(2) That the Indians borrowed it not long before the 6th 
century. 

