346 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1912. 
‘* Ahankara (entering) Aho!’ The world has mostly fools— 
Because 
** Aho! the doctrines of the guru (Prabhakara) are not 
heard; the philosophy of the Tautatita (Kumarila Bhatta) is 
not known; not known also the truths in the views of Sarika 
(a work said to be of Prabhakara), not to speak those of Vacas- 
pati (Misra). The maxims of the Mahodadhi (Mimamsa work) 
are not understood, and those of the Mahdvrati (another Mi- 
mamsa work) not studied. The finding out of the Brahma is 
very subtle How do these human-beasts} remain then in 
peace ?’’! 
fy eneral allusion to Mimamsa philosophy and _ the 
special allusion to T'autatita seem to be not improbably an allu- 
sion to that learned work of Bhavadeva, his Tautatita-mata- 
tilakam. The commentator Nandillagopa in his gloss Candrika 
mentions under this passage Bhavadeva in connection with the 
Mahavrati.* Naindillagopa was a contemporary of the king 
Krsna Raya and therefore flourished in the beginning of the 
sixteenth century. 
f the allusion be really to Bhavadeva, as is not unlikely, 
then he must be older than the drama. The drama was com- 
posed in the reign of the Chandella king Kirttivarman after his 
conquest of the Cedi king Karna. One inscription of the king 
Kirttivarman has been found bearing the date 7th March, 
A.D, 1098.° The time of the drama, therefore, falls in the fourth 
quarter of the eleventh century, and Bhavadeva’s time would 
be somewhat earlier than this. 
Thirdly, in the poem Bhakti-Bhagavata-maha-kavyam, the 
author Jivadevacarya gives at the end a brief history of Orissa 
igs. In this account it is said :—‘< Among them (the vatsa 
Brahmanas) famous, one named Bhavadeva became the spiri- 
tual teacher of the king Udyota-kegari, who got consecrated by 

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aa asfa aetedatuad arerat Afaar 
ea safes saat ae: we Maa | 
- wagaagatteaq «oo aifeeataaatqadt = aetate: 
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Nir. Sag. Press ed., p. 53. 

5 Ind. Ant., xviii, p. 238, 
