A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s3.85

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[^1) ]: See *Bhandarkar*, Report 1882-83, pp. 94, 229. Rajendralala *Mitra*, Notices of Sanskrit MSS., VI, 1882, p. 70 ff. tells of a Puṇyacandrodaya-Purāṇa by Kṛṣṇadāsa, which similarly treats the subject-matter of the Rāmāyaṇa. A Jaina-Rāmāyaṇa in the Kanarese language is said to have been written in the 12th century, see *Guérinot*, p. 270. [^2) ]: Edited by Paṇḍit Darbārī Lāla Nyāyatīrtha Sāhityaratna in MDJG, 32 and 33. The complete title is Bṛhad-Harivaṁśa-Purāṇa or Ariṣṭanemipurāṇasaṃgraha-Harivaṁśa. An analysis of the work is given by Rajendralala *Mitra*, Notices of Sanskrit MSS., Vol. VI, 1882, pp. 74-97. See *Peterson*, Report IV, 167 ff.; *Leumann* in WZKM 11, 1897, p. 307; *Hiralal*, Catalogue, pp. xxii, 688, 715. On the dates given in the Praśasti, see *Peterson*, Report IV, p. 176; *Bhandarkar*, Early History of the Dekkan, 2nd ed., p 65; *Hoernle* in JRAS 1904, p. 644; K. B. *Pathak* in Ind. Ant. 15, 141 ff.; *Fleet* in Ep. Ind., VI, 195 ff.