History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c12.s1.8

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c12.s1.8

³ *Nāsikyamadyāparitaḥ chaturvarṇavibhūshitā.* *Astikāchitpurīyasyām-ashṭavarṇāhvayōnypāḥ.* *Kav.*, iii, 144. In commenting on this well-known enigma in Daṇḍin’s work Taruṇavāchaspati explains it as meaning Kāñchi ruled over Pallava kings. (Age of Daṇḍin, *Ind. Ant. for 1912*, p. 91).

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Kāvyādarśa — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit