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'-eleventh century, Projbably Vadibhasimha lived about the loth -century d.D*
His Gadyachintamani describes the story of Jivandhara. 'Obviously, it is a novel with the Jain puranas for it source. The plot keeps close pace with that of the Kadambaru Vadibhasimha is a true follower of Bana as regards style and language, so that in some places it is impossible even for a keen observer to discover points of differentiation. The language is -smooth-running, the string of sentences worth hearing, the expression free-flowing and the trick of construction aH-transcending. The central point of his tenets lies herein ; u Virtue has its own reward ; vice ever faileth."
Dhanapala was born in the Gotra of Kasyapa. Born of "Sarvadeva, he was the brother of Sobhana. Alienated in sympathetic feeling from his family on account of some •domestic displeasure, he had the good fortune of a tour through the universities of India, wherefrom he grew well-versed in many of the standard arts. Thereafter he was reconciled to his brother and in the durbar of King Bhoja he -was pronounced the foremost of the learned of his day. lie was a Jain by religion and his salutation conforms to it. His Tilakamanjari is safely assigned to the first half of the eleventh .century A. D. The occasion for its composition, he himself •describes:—-
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Iblances in the story-construction gives us a standard to discover their relative times. Again on bearing the false news of Bhqja's death, Kalidasa is traditionally