AO A note on Haldéyudha. { March, 1905. 
Narayana Sena, the son of Kesaba Sena, equalized the rank of the 
19 Kulins honoured by his great-grandfather—Ballala Sena, and 
that Halayudha was his prime minister, ae en as we find in Hala- 
dha’s own version that he was a Court pene of ee 
Sena in the very prime of his age, ‘while he beca ksh 
mana’s Lord Chancellor in his middle age and in okt age, the 
Prime Minister of the same King. It is stated also by Vidyanidhi 
that Halayudha was honoured by Ballala Sena. How ae could 
Halayudha be in the prime of his age during the time of 
Lakshmana Sena, the great-grandson of Ballala? Moreover, 
it is quite impossible for the same bear who were 
Ch fea aoe But it is “nie Hogioul to say that as Joy hari Chandi 
is living, so Umapati lived, ‘Inasmuch as Joyhari’s case is merely 
an exceptional one ca cannot be made a general rule. 
Inder these circumstances we must hold that Halay udha, the 
author of Brahmanasarbasva, never belonged to either Kasyapa 
(Chatta) or Sandilya (Bandya) lineage; but that he was of the 
lineage of Vitsya, being the Prime Minister of Lakshmana Sena, 
the son and not ereat-grandson of Ballala Sena, 
This Halayudha wrote several other books besides Brahmana-_ 
sarbasva, namely, Punditasarbasva, N yayasarbasva, S'ivasarbasva, — 
MimansAsarbasva, ete. His elder brother he ae wrote a treatise — 
on Sraddha and other ceremonials, know 
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