History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c15.s1.2

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Kāñchīpuraka, possibly because it was famous for Sanskrit learning even then. Even in the Sangam age it will be remembered that Aravana Adigal taught Buddhistic philosophy at this place and at a subsequent period Dignāga the logician who is believed to have been the author of Nyāyapravēśa spent considerable time at Kāñchī and was perhaps a product of mediæval Pallava culture. Later, Mayūra Śarman, the progenitor of the Kadamba family, had to proceed to this place for the completion of the Vedic studies. It is not surprising therefore that Simhavishṇu about the close of the sixth century when he heard of Bhāravi staying with Durvinīta, the Western Ganga king, invited him to his court according to the Avantisundarikathāsāra.¹ It is by no means unlikely that Kirtārjunīya the well-known work of this poet was composed about this period.