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[^1): Catuḥśatikā by Ārya Deva edited by Haraprasāda *Śāstrī*, pp. 458, 459. [^2): Geschichte des Buddhismus, p. 156 ff. [^3): Edited by I. P. *Minayeff* in Zapiski IV; *cf.* H. *Wenzel*, JRAS, 1889, p. 1133 ff; Bendall, *Catalogue*, p. 31 f.; Kern, *Manual*, p. 11. [^4): *I-tsing* (Record, transl. by J. *Takakusu*, pp. 164, 183) speaks of a Candra or Candradāsa, who was a holy man, a kind of Bodhisattva, who composed a musical play about Prince Viśvāntara (=Pāli Vessantara), to which all people "in the five realms of India" sing and dance, and who was still alive when he came to India (in 673] A.D.). S. *Lévi* (BEFEO 3, 1903, p. 41 f.) has identified this Candra with Candragomin. This identification has, however, been refuted on good grounds, by B. *Liebich* (Das Datum Candra-gomin's und Kalidasa's, Breslau 1903). *Liebich* (WZKM 13, 1899, 308 ff.) dates Candragomin between 465 and 544 A.D., which would approximately fit in with our dating of his contemporary Candrakīrti. Candragomin was a pupil of Sthiramati. *Péri*, l. c., (Extrait, p. 50, note 2) places Candragomin in the beginning or the first half of the 7th century. However, in the first half of the 7th century Candragomin's Grammar is already used by the writers of the Kāśikā. On Candragomin as a grammarian, s. Vol. III.