Ishvara Pratyabhijna Vimarshini Part 1 (KSTS 22)

VIII

“Son of Anandadeva, born of Bhū, Vyoma, and Bhāsvat This is a cryptic numerical reference,
Vallabha composed a commentary, a favorite of the learned, on this Kāvya poetic work.
This work, comprising twelve thousand verses as indicated,
Is charming to the hearts of the learned, even without the original text.”
original: "सूनुरानन्ददेवस्य रणे (?) भूम्योमभास्वतः । व्यधत्त टीकां काठ्येऽस्मिन् वल्लभः सूरिवल्लभाम् ॥ श्लोकानां सूचनेनैषा सहस्राणि तु द्वादश । मूलग्रन्थविहीना तु विदज्जनमनोहरा ॥"

seem to contain a statement quite contradictory to the one made by Kayyaṭa in the Devīśataka. They say that in the year 1201 (Bhū, Vyoma, Bhāsvat) the son of Anandadeva (Vallabhadeva) composed a commentary on the present Kāvya, which, without taking into account the number of verses in the text, amounts to 12,000 verses. According to this, the present commentary seems to have been composed in the Shaka year 1201 (?), which is given by the words ‘Bhū’=1, ‘Vyoma’=0, and ‘Bhāsvat’=12, the word ‘Rane’ being unintelligible. This era corresponds to 1336 Anno Vikrami or 1279 A. D., and does, in no way, accord with the admission that Vallabhadeva lived in the beginning of 10th century A. D., confirmed by the colophon in the Devīśataka. The colophon in question seems to involve a misleading statement. It is a clear interpolation introduced by some irresponsible copyist in as much as it does not fit in with the style of composition of