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would compel us to hold that Utpala must have flourished before 880 A.D. at the latest and that therefore Rudrata whom Utpala quotes must be placed before about 850 A.D.1 The above con- clusion is fortified by another consideration. It appears that Vallabhadeva who wrote a commentary on the Sisupālavadha eommented on रुद्रट. On Sisu. II. 44 वल्लभदेव says 'नात्र भिन्नलिक्रा- नामौपम्यं दोषायेति रुद्रट:' On शिशु० IV. 11 वल्लभदेव says 'एतदस्माभी रुद्र जटालक्वारे विवेचितम्'.2 On शिशु II. 88 वल्लभदेव says 'उक्तं च शब्दार्थौं काव्य- मिति'. This refers to रुद्रटकाव्यालक्कार II.1 (ननु शब्दार्थी काव्यं). वल्लमदेव's son's son कय्यट wrote a commentary on the Devisataka of भानन्द- वर्धन in गतकलि 4078 when भीमगुप्त was ruler of Kashmir (i.e.in 977 A. D.). Allowing 25 years for each generation वल्लभदेव must have been a grown-up man in 927 A. D. and was probably born about or before 900 A. D. Therefore, on whose work he commented must have flourished some time bcfore 850 A.D. रुद्रट is quite unaware of the ध्वनि theory and has great affinity with भामह and उद्गट. He was probably a contemporary of or a little older than the author of the ध्वनिकारिका and flourished about 825-850 A. D. The commentator नमिसाधु deserves more than a passing notice. He was a श्वेताम्बर जैन and pupil of शालिभद्र. He speaks of कुट्रट as सूत्रकार (8. 37, 6. 9). He composed his commentary in the year 1125 of the विक्रम era (i. e. 1068-69 A. D.). One old ms. gives the date as 1176 (i. e. 1119-20 A.D.). This latter date is wrong as नमिसाधु's com. called षडावश्यकटीका was composed in विक्रमसंवत् 1122 (1065-6 A.D.). Vide Peterson's Report III. p.13. नमिसाधु is an early writer. He followed older commentators as he himself says 'पूर्वमहामतिविरचितवृत्त्यनुसारे किमपि रचयामि' and refers to other explanations of z's words (en II. 1, V. 23, VIII. 28 and 31). His commentary, though generally concise and to the point, contains many quotations. Among the authors and works either named or quoted from are the following :- अजुनचरित (16. 4), उद्बट (6. 33), कादम्बरी, किरातार्जुनीय, जयदेव (1.18, as a writer on metrics), तिलकमअरी (16. 3) दएडी, नाममाला, पाताल-

1. Vide my paper on 'Varāhamihira and Utpala' in J. B.B.R. A. S., New Series, vol. 24-25 at pp. 22-23 and 26 for उत्पल and रुद्रट. 2. रुद्रजटालक्कारे (in the Kashi S. Series which has been relied upon here) is obviously a wrong reading for रुद्र टालक्गारे.