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Krishnalilasuka's date may therefore be taken roughly as the thirteenth century A. D.
As regard Deva the [१]anxiety frequently displayed by the commentator in Purushakara to explain Daiva so as to be in conformity with Kshiraswamin, leads naturally to the inference that Deva should have lived posterior to Kshiraswamin referred to. Now it is extremely probable that Kshiraswamin is the same as the Vyakarana (व्याकरण) tutor, Kshira, of king Jayapida (जयापीड) of 751 A. D., who revived the study of Mahabhashya (महाभाष्य) and is described in Rajatarangini [२](राजतरङ्गणी).
'देशान्तरादागमय्य व्याचक्षाणः क्षमापतिः ।
प्रावर्तयत विच्छिन्नं महाभाष्यं स्वमण्डले ॥
क्षीराभिधाच्छब्दविद्योपाध्यायात् सम्भृतश्रुतः ।
बुधैः सह ययौ वृद्धिं स जयापीडपण्डितः ॥'
Hence the date of our author, Deva, may be fixed as between the ninth and twelfth centuries A. D.
At the end of Purushakara and after the stanza:--
'कृष्णलीलाशुकस्येयं कृतिः कृतिमनोहरा ।
पुष्णती कृष्णसम्प्रीतिं भुवनान्यभिपुष्यतु ॥'
there is found another benedictory stanza (मङ्गलाशंसाश्लोकः):-
'काञ्चीति काञ्चन पुरीं प्रथिताद्भुतश्रीः
काभिश्चिदुत्सवविभूतिपरम्पराभिः ।
चेतःस्थितिं च जगतामधिवासयन् वो
++++++++विजयाय भूयात् ॥' ।
If this latter is to be taken as having been composed by Krishnalilasuka himself, it may also be surmised that Conjivaram (काञ्चीपुर) was his place of residence.[३]
The original palmleaf manuscripts of Daiva and Purushakara existing in the Palace Library are these--
