Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.6

c8.s5.6

¹ He is named as a great poēt by Indrabhūti, in his *Samayabhūshana*, along with Ēlāchārya (Padmanandi, the guru of Śākaṭāyana) and Pūjyapāda (*IA*. xii. 20). In SB 54 he is mentioned next to Samantabhadra, who belongs to the second century; and the Bāṇa plates (*SII*. ii. 387) say the Ganga dynasty obtained increase from the great Simhanandi (*yas Simhanandi-mahima-pratilabdha-vṛiddhir Gaṅgānvayō*). In Nr 35 and 36 he is described as *Ganga-rājyamam māḍida Simhanandy-āchāryya*—the āchāryya Simhanandi who made the Ganga kingdom.