[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c8.s5.6 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.6 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s5.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.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. - [Previous: c8.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.5) - [Next: c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.7) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5) ## Cites (2) - [South Indian Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.sii) - [Kaḍaba copper plates of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa dynasty (EC 12 Gb 61)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.rastrakuta.kadaba-copper-plates-of-the-rastrakuta-dynasty-ec-12-gb-61*rice1883) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s5.6) · Pramāṇa