Ishvara Pratyabhijna Vimarshini Part 1 (KSTS 22)

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of a Subhāṣitāvali anthology of good sayings. He also belonged to Kashmir. The third is our commentator, who is much anterior to the second. He seems to have flourished in the beginning of the 10th century A. D., as is corroborated by the colophon at the end of the commentary on the Devīśataka One Hundred Verses to the Goddess of Anandavardhanācārya, which runs thus:

“Born from Vallabhadeva or Chandraditya,
Kayyaṭa wrote this commentary on the Devīśataka.
In the year 4078 of the Kali era,
Composed in the fifty-second year under King Bhīmagupta.”
original: "वल्लभदेवायतश्चन्द्रादित्यादवाप्य जन्ममाम्। कय्यटनामारचयद्विवृतिं देवीशतस्तोत्रे॥ वसुमुनिगगनोदधि (४०७८) समकाले याते कलेस्तथा लोके। द्वापञ्चाशे (५२) वर्षे रचितेयं भीमगुप्तनृपे॥"

i. e., ‘In the Kali era 4078 (corresponding to 977 A. D.), during the reign of the King Bhīmagupta of Kashmir (975—979 A. D.), Kayyaṭa, son of Chandrāditya and the grandson of Vallabhadeva, composed a commentary on the Devīśataka.’

The colophon mentioned above is a strong and clear proof to establish the existence of Vallabhadeva in the early years of the 10th century A. D. The two stanzas at the end of the present commentary, i. e.