History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s71.18

v1.c6.s71.18

In the Padamañjarī Haradatta is said to have been the son of Padma (Rudra)-kumāra, younger brother of Agnikumāra and a pupil of Aparājita.⁸³² In his Padamañjarī Haradatta employs the word 'kūcimañcī' which is a Telugu word.⁸³³ The Bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa printed in Grantha characters contains 12 chapters (54 to 65th) and the Śivarahasya printed in the said characters has one chapter (17th) which set out the life (*carita*) of a Haradattācārya. It is there stated that Haradattācārya's original name was Sudarśana, that he was the son of Vāsudeva and that he died 3979 years after Kaliyuga began⁸³⁴ (i. e. 878 A. D.). This Haradattācārya, being the son of Vāsudeva, was not the same as the author of the Padamañjarī, who was the son of Padmakumāra. This earlier Haradatta may probably be the same as the Haradattācārya cited as an authority in the Sarvadarśana-saṁgraha on the Nakulīśa-pāśupatadarśana.⁸³⁵ Dr. Jolly (R. u. S. p. 33) identifies without sufficient foundation the Haradattācārya of the Sarvadarśana-saṁgraha with Haradatta, the commentator of Āpastamba and Gautama.