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E. Incomplete; in the middle about 50 leaves are
wanting. It is older than D. On the last leaves the ink has faded.
The last three MSS belong to the Bikaner Durbar.
The authorship of the Mānasollāsa is attributed, in the 9th śloka on page 2 and the colophon, to the Chalukya King Someśvara, surnamed Bhūlokamalla and Satyāśrayakulatilaka. A reference to sloka 371 on page 62 will, however, make it evident that this attribution is incorrect. In this sloka Somesvara is himself made the standard of comparison, and no anthor would be guilty of so flagrant a piece of vanity. It is therefore probable that the book was composed in his Court by some prodigiously learned and well-informed man, thoroughly acquainted with the royal household, royal necessities and royal whims.*
King Someśvara is the son of Vikramāditya VI, and belongs to the line of the Western Chalukyas whose capital was at Kalyāni. Aufrecht in his Catalogus Catalogorum fixes the period of his reign as 1127-1138. In Barnett's Antiquities of India the date is 1126-1138. The date of composition of this work seems to be 1052 Saka ( 1131 A. D.) as the sloka 01 on page 34 while giving the Dhruvāuka mentions Friday as the first day of the month of Chaitra when the Śaka year 1031 had elapsed.
* Another work nttributed to him is the Vikra månkabhyadaya, an incomplete M$ of which appears in one of the Pattan Bhandars, Farther details of this MS with be given in oar Pattan Catalogue which is in course of preparation.
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