________________
INTRODUCTION
liii
Kse mendra, which also contains a number of Persian words, is midway between koşa and arthaśāstra. Only a portion of it can properly be considered lexicographical, the greater part containing notices of all sorts of things of the daily life. Though attributed to Vyāsadāsa or Kşemendra who flourished in the 11th century, it could not have been written in its present form before the 17th century, containing, as it does, many Muhammadan names especially that of Shah Jehan who reigned 1628–1658.'
1 Winternitz, III, 417.
