146 M. Chakravarti —Eastern Garjga kings of Orissa. [No. 2, 
deemed reasonable, then Yidyadhara’s time falls during the rule of 
Nrsimha Deva I., and not of Nrsimha Deva IT. 
Before concluding this article I may point out that I am not satis¬ 
fied with the time at, and the locality in 
d^^ar^pfac^ 1 ^ 3 ^ * which', the S'dhitya darpana is said to have 
been composed. Dr. Weber following Pan¬ 
dit Jaganmohan Jarman in the preface to his edition of Ganda-kangika , 
said that “the Sdhitya-darpana was only composed towards the middle 
of the 15th century in East Bengal on the banks of the Brahmaputra” 
[Hist. Ind. Lit., p. 231, note 244]. Prof. Maedonell evidently adopts 
this view [Sans. Lit., App. p. 434]. 
How far this conclusion is based on facts, and how far on mere 
traditions I do not know. But the Sahitya-darpana itself does not sup¬ 
port it. From the verse and comments quoted above, it is clear that 
Candrayekhara, father of Yi^vanatha, was a contemporary of a Bhanu 
Deva; and. if of Bhanu Deva I., then, Yi^vanatha lived during 
the rule of his son, Nrsimha Deva II. [A.D. 1279-1306], or at the latest 
during the rule of his grandson Bhanu Deva II. [A.D. 1306-1328]. In 
the vrtti to Kdrikd 266, a Mahomedan king, Alldpadina, is named, which 
may refer to the Delhi Sultan, ‘Ala-ud-din Mas’ud Shah [A.D. 1241- 
1246], or to the later and greater king, c Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah 
[A.D. 1295-1315]. One stanza in praise of a king Nrsimha is quoted 
in the vrtti to kdr. 671 ; but it is not to be found in the Ekavali. The 
other historical allusions are Suratrdna , or Sultan [vr. to kdr. 686.], 
Gaud-endra [vr. to kdr. 17], and Tri-KaHyga-bhumi-tilaka [yr. to kdr. 
258]. 
From the references above quoted with others to Kalirjga [yr. to kdr. 
13, 15, and 17], to Eaghavananda [vr. to kdr. 3 and 120], and to Mahi- 
ma Bhatta’s vyakti-viveka [vr. to kdr. 2 and 257], Yi§vanatha would 
seem to be an author not of East Bengal, but of Orissa ; while his time 
would be at least not later than the beginning of the 14th century A.D. 
Yi^vanatlia evidently came of a learned family. His great-great- 
grandfafcher, Narayana, [vr. to kar. 33], and his grandfather’s younger 
brother Candidasa [vr. to kdr . 266, and 60], are described as leading 
scholars. His father, Candra^khara, was a minister and a scholar, 
and has been referred to in nine places, w T hile his poem Puspa-mald and 
Prakrta work Bhas-drnava have been specially mentioned. Yh^vanatha 
quotes frequently from his own works (56 times as mama ), and men¬ 
tions or quotes from, as his own works, Kuvalayagva-caritam, a Prakrta 
poem (2 times), Gandrakala, a ndtika (7 times), Prabhavati-parinayam , 
a drama (10 times), Pragasti-ratnavdlz , a work in 16 bhdsds (1 time), 
and Raghavavilasa, a Mahakavycc (2 times). 
