History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.232

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¹⁴³¹ Vide above p. 155 note 396 about the Saptaśatī for a description of the Devīmāhātmya, which has only 589 verses (and not 700 as the name implies) in Venk ed. and 573 in B I ed. The verse सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये cited above on p 176 n 454a (from देवीमाहात्म्य) is quoted in the Dadhimatī-mātā inscription (found in the Jodhpur State) dated 289 of the Gupta era (E. I. vol. XI p. 299 at 303) The inscription being of 608 A D., it follows that the verse taken from the Devīmāhātmya, is earlier than 600 A.D