A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s15.2

v3.c43.s15.2

The author is supposed to be identical with Ballāladeva, a famous king of the Sena dynasty of Bengal.³⁵ This king, usually called Ballālasena, and his son, Lakṣmaṇasena, are credited with five works on dharmaśāstra and related subjects; well-known in the *Adbhutāsagara*, a treatise on omina and portenta.³⁶ Ballālasena's literary activity must be placed in the third quarter of the twelfth century³⁷