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712 The body louse (aṅgavatrotthā). 713 This is the head louse, because keśakīta is one of its synonyms. 714 Achyranthes aspera Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 29). 715 See prastāvanā 22 and the last verses of the various chapters. 716 See 1.39. 717 He calls himself a kāśmīra (prastāvanā 22) and a kāśmīravamśatilaka (2.71); see also the last verse of the prabhadrādivarga. Narahari's reference (prastāvanā 18) to the names of drugs in the languages of Karṇāṭa, Mahārāṣṭra and Āndhra has led some authorities to the view that he belonged to the Deccan (Bāpālāl's Intr. to the ed. of the Nighaṇṭuśeṣa 10, n.6; Bāpālāl, 1982: 608; H.H. Wilson, 1984: III, 236; VŚS, Preface 8–9: supposed by others to have been a brāhmaṇa of the Deccan). 718 See the last verse of the ānupādi-, karavīrādi-, śālyādi-, māmsādi-, simhādi-, rogādi-, and miśrakādivarga, where the author calls himself a ruler (īśvara, īśitar). 719 See the last verse of the sattvādivarga. 720 See prastāvanā 2 and 22, and the last verse of the parpaṭādi-, prabhadrādi-, manuṣyādi-, simhādi-, and miśrakādivarga. 721 See Viśvanāth Dvivedī's prastāvanā to ed. g, 6–8. 722 See, e.g., the colophon of CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 231; Cat. Calcutta Sanskrit College IX, Nr. 70; Cat. Madras Nr. 13254. This type of colophon has been printed in ed. e. 723 Compare NCC IX, 357 and X, 189–190; AVI 393; V. Śukla I, 223; C. Vogel, IL 376. 724 Bhagvat Sinh Jee (1927): 10; V. Śukla I, 223. Compare NCC VI, 302: Caṇḍeśvara alias Rājarājendragiri, an immediate predecessor of Narahari. Compare the colophon of CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 231, which does not state any relationship between Īśvarasūri and Caṇḍeśvara. 725 NCC X, 357. See the colophon of CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 231. C. Vogel (IL 376) and P. Hymavathi (1991; 1993: 65–69) regard Narahari as a pupil of Śrīkaṇṭha, which is incorrect since he is said to have been a devotee of Śrīkaṇṭha, i.e., Śiva. P. Hymavathi identifies Śrīkaṇṭha as the author of the Hitopadeśa, also known as Yogaratnāvalī. 726 See the colophon of CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 231. 727 Bhagvat Sinh Jee (1927): 120. V. Śukla I, 223 (reading: śrīmathasimha). Compare the colophons of CBORI XVI, 1, Nr. 231 (śrīkaśmīramaṇḍalaprasiddhavasatisrīmathasiguhā-kṣasthāna) and Cat. Sanskrit College IX, Nr. 70 (kāśmīramaṇḍalaprasiddhavasatisrīmathasiddhaguhākyasthāna). Simhapura is identified as Nellore in Āndhradeśa by P. Hymavathi (1991: 2; 1993: 65–69). See on cities called Simhapura: N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991): 274; N. Dey (1979): 186. 728 P. Hymavathi (1991: 5; 1993: 69). 729 See: commentaries on the works of Vāgbhaṭa. 730 The first to state this explicitly was Th. Aufrecht (1887). The work has nevertheless been assigned to an earlier period: twelfth-thirteenth century (H.H. Wilson, 1984, III: 236); 1235–1250 (R. Garbe, 1974, Vorwort 6; A.B. Keith, 1973, 512; Winternitz III, 554); thirteenth century (Paṇḍit Madhusūdan Gupta, referred to in U.Ch. Dutt, 1922, Preface 13); thirteenth or fourteenth century (ABI 319; Vṛddhatrayī 468); fourteenth century (P. Hymavathi, 1991; L. Renou and J. Filliozat, 1953: 162); fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century (Bāpālāl Vaidya, 1982: 608). 731 C. Vogel, IL 316. 732 AVI 394. P.V. Sharma (1976a): 133–134. 733 Usually identified as Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum., originally a native of tropical America.