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痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补鈥檚 date is fixed by scholars from the references found in his works. In his work 狈测腻测补蝉奴肠墨苍颈产补苍诲丑补, which is regarded as an appendix to his 罢腻迟辫补谤测补峁�墨k腻, he has given the date of completion of that work 898 Vikrama era which is equivalent to 841 A.D.^[1] Here, the question arises about the era of this date. There is a great deal of debate whether this is 艢腻办补 era or Vikrama era. If it is 艢腻办补 era, then the date will be 976 A.D. and on the other hand, if it is Vikrama era, then the date will be 841 A.D. Therefore, a proper study of external and internal sources is needed for correctly determining the date of 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补.

In addition to the date provided by him in 狈测腻测补蝉奴肠墨苍颈产补苍诲丑补, the following data are also provided by him in his works:

(i) In his Advaita Ved膩ntic work 叠丑腻尘补迟墨, he has mentioned the name of king 狈峁沢补.^[2]
(ii) 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补 has referred to 狈测腻测补尘补帽箩补谤墨 in his work.^[3]
(iii) He has refuted 叠丑腻蝉办补谤腻肠腻谤测补 in his 叠丑腻尘补迟墨, who belongs to 800 or 900 A.D.^[4]
(iv) In his 罢腻迟辫补谤测补峁�墨k腻, 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 has quoted Dharmottara twice, whose time is said to be 900 A.D.^[5]

On the other hand, 鲍诲补测补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (about 984 A.D) commented upon 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补鈥檚 狈测腻测补惫腻谤迟迟颈办补迟腻迟辫补谤测补峁�墨k腻 under the name 苍测腻测补惫腻谤迟迟颈办补迟腻迟辫补谤测补峁�墨k腻辫补谤颈艣耻诲诲丑颈. So, it is clear that the upper limit of 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈鈥檚 date cannot be later than 984 A.D. From the reference to king 狈峁沢补 given by 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补, let us see what is the true identity of his king. S.N. Dasgupta has given his own views that there is no epigraphical reference of a king named 狈峁沢补.

In his words,

鈥淭his king, so far as the present writer is aware, has yet been historically traced.鈥�^[6]

But, in this regard, Ga峁単膩n膩th Jh膩 disagrees with Dasgupta. According to his view, 狈峁沢补 was a real king of 惭颈迟丑颈濒腻, a predecessor of king N膩nyadeva who was known to have ruled his kingdom about 1019 Vikrama era, i.e. 962 A.D.^[7] This evidence of king 狈峁沢补 may be regarded as conclusive since even 础尘补濒腻苍补苍诲补 in his 痴别诲腻苍迟补 Kalpataru mentions 狈峁沢补 as the petron of 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补.^[8] Again, the opinion of the point that 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 referred to 狈测腻测补尘补帽箩补谤墨 is somewhat confusing. Jayanta 叠丑补峁�峁�补, the famous writer of 狈测腻测补尘补帽箩补谤墨 belongs to the 10^th century A.D. As such, 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补鈥檚 date cannot fall before 10^th century A.D. But actually the 狈测腻测补尘补帽箩补谤墨 referred to by 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补 is not the 狈测腻测补尘补帽箩补谤墨 written by Jayanta 叠丑补峁�峁�补. On the contrary, the 狈测腻测补尘补帽箩补谤墨 was written by Trilocana who was his guru.

From the above discussion it can be concluded that 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 惭颈艣谤补 lived in the year 898 Vikrama era, which is equivalent to 841 A.D. as mentioned in his works.

In the words of V.N. Sheshagiri Rao,

鈥淎ll these go to show that 痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈 lived in all approximate certainty not earlier or later than the period 841-900 A.D.鈥�^[9]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

苍测腻测补蝉奴肠墨苍颈产补苍诲丑辞鈥檡补尘补办腻谤颈迟颈 惫颈诲耻峁Ｄ佱箖 mude /
艣r墨v膩caspatimi艣re峁嘺 vasva峁卥avasuvatsare // History of Indian Philosophy , Vol. I, p.107

[2]:

nare艣var膩 yaccarit膩nuk膩ramicchanti kartu峁� na ca p膩rayanti/
tasminmah墨pe mahan墨yak墨rtau 艣r墨mann峁沢e鈥�办腻谤颈 尘补测腻 苍颈产补苍诲丑补岣� // 叠丑腻尘补迟墨 on Br. SSBH , Vol.2, p. 1020

[3]:

狈测腻测补办补峁噄办腻 , p. 257

[4]:

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. , Vol. 2, p. 454

[5]:

A History of Indian Logic , p. 329

[6]:

History of Indian Philosophy , Vol. 2, p. 107

[7]:

Sanskrit Introduction to S膩峁僰hyatattvakaumud墨 , p. 2

[8]:

叠丑腻尘补迟墨 on Br. SSBH , Vol. 2, p. 1021

[9]:

痴腻肠补蝉辫补迟颈鈥檚 Contribution to Advaita , p. 7