AQ A note on Haléyudha. | 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, inasmuch as we find in Hala- 
yudha’s own version that he was a Court pundit of Lakshmana 
Sena in the very prime of his age, while he became Laksh- 
mana’s Lord Chancellor in his middle age and in old age, the 
Prime Minister of the same King. It is stated also by Vidyamidhi 
that Halayudha was honoured by Ballala Sena. How then 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 17 Kulins, who were 
honoured by Ballala, to live up to the time of Lakshmana, his 
great-grandson, without a single of them being dead. It is really 
wonderful to observe that Vidyanidhi did not hesitate even to 
make Umapatidhara a Court punditaof Lakshmana the ereat- 
grandson of Ballala. This Umapati was a Court pundita of 
Vijoy Sena, the father of Ballala Sena. He composed the verses 
inscribed on a stone slab attached to the temple of Prodyumnes- 
vara Siva established by Vijoy Sena. Vidyanidhi may try to 
support his view regarding Umapati by citing the instance of 
Joyhari Chandra, a grandson of Maharaja Krishna Chandra, who 
(Joyhari) was present in his time and is still present in the time 
of Maharaja Kshitisa Chandra, the 7th in descent from Krishna 
Chandra. But it is quite illogical to say that as Joyhari Chandra 
is living, so Umapati lived, inasmuch as Joyhari’s case is merely 
an exceptional one and cannot be made a general rule. 
Under these circumstances we must hold that Haléyudha, the 
author of Brahmanasarbasva, never belonged to either Kasyapa 
(Chatta) or Sandilya (Bandya) lineage; but that he was of the 
lineage of Vatsya, being the Prime Minister of Lakshmana Sena, 
the son and not great-grandson of Ballala Sena, 
This Halayudha wrote several other books besides Brahmana- 
sarbasva, namely, Punditasarbasva, Nyayasarbasva, S/ivasarbasva, 
Mimansasarbasva, etc. Huis elder brother Pasupati wrote a treatise 
on Sraddha and other ceremonials, known as Pasupatipaddhati. 
His younger brother wrote Anhikapaddhati, a treatise on the 
daily duties of Brahmanas. These books are still in existence 
but not very widely known. 
