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Dharmasagaragani's commentary on his Gurvavalisutram,¹ the
three-cornered contest between Mayūra, Bāṇa and Manatunga is
first described in the Prabhāvakacaritra, a Jain work which, as
noted above (p. 17), was composed by Prabhācandra and
Pradyumnasūri² about 1250 A.D. A portion of the text of this
paṭṭavali and of the commentary on the Gurvāvalīsūtram runs
as follows:-
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
śriprabhavakacaritre prathamam śrīmānatungacaritram uktams
'The deeds of the illustrious Mänatunga are first told in the illustrious
Prabhavakacaritra.
Since I have no text of the Prabhāvakacaritra, I am compelled to
rely on Weber for confirmation of the presence of the story in
that work. This he gives in the following note taken from his
catalogue of the Berlin Sanskrit manuscripts: 'Klatt's Freund-
lichkeit verdanke ich noch folgende Angabe: "Das Prabhāvaka-
caritra (ca. samvat 1250 verfasst), in welchem Mānatunga's
Leben (riga 12) erst hinter dem des Bappabhatti († samvat
895) folgt, erzählt nur die bekannte Legende von dem Wettstreit
zwischen Bāṇa, Mayūra und Män. vor dem König Harsa in
Vāṇārasī." And the Tapagacha paṭṭāvali, which, as noted
above (p. 16), probably derives its information concerning
Manatunga from the Prabhavakacaritra, likewise states that
'Manatunga, councillor of the Caulukya Vayarasimhadeva, Lord
of Mālava (mälaveśvaracăulukyavayarasimhadevāmätyaḥ), con-
1 For this commentary, see Weber, Verzeichniss der Skt. HSS zu Berlin,
Bd. 2, Abth. 3, S. 1003. This commentary appears to be identical with
the Tapāgacha pattavalt as outlined by Klatt, in IA, vol. 11, p. 251-256.
2 See above, p. 17, notes 1 and 2. This Pradyumnasūri is presumably
not the Jaina hierarch mentioned (IA, 11. 253) as 32d in descent from
Mahavira; cf. Peterson, Search for Skt. MSS, Fourth Report, introd.,
Index of Authors, p. 79-81, where are listed 7 writers by the name of
Pradyumnasūri, the hierarch being distinguished from the author of the
Prabhavakacaritra.
8 Text is that given by Klatt, IA, vol. 11, p. 252, and Weber, Verzeich-
niss der Skt. HSS zu Berlin, Bd. 2, Abth. 3, S. 1003.
4 Weber, Verzeichniss, etc., S. 932, Anm. 1; cf. Peterson, Search for
Skt. MSS, Fourth Report, introd., Index of Authors, p. 92, Bombay, 1894.
Dharmasagaragani's commentary on his Gurvavalisutram,¹ the
three-cornered contest between Mayūra, Bāṇa and Manatunga is
first described in the Prabhāvakacaritra, a Jain work which, as
noted above (p. 17), was composed by Prabhācandra and
Pradyumnasūri² about 1250 A.D. A portion of the text of this
paṭṭavali and of the commentary on the Gurvāvalīsūtram runs
as follows:-
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
śriprabhavakacaritre prathamam śrīmānatungacaritram uktams
'The deeds of the illustrious Mänatunga are first told in the illustrious
Prabhavakacaritra.
Since I have no text of the Prabhāvakacaritra, I am compelled to
rely on Weber for confirmation of the presence of the story in
that work. This he gives in the following note taken from his
catalogue of the Berlin Sanskrit manuscripts: 'Klatt's Freund-
lichkeit verdanke ich noch folgende Angabe: "Das Prabhāvaka-
caritra (ca. samvat 1250 verfasst), in welchem Mānatunga's
Leben (riga 12) erst hinter dem des Bappabhatti († samvat
895) folgt, erzählt nur die bekannte Legende von dem Wettstreit
zwischen Bāṇa, Mayūra und Män. vor dem König Harsa in
Vāṇārasī." And the Tapagacha paṭṭāvali, which, as noted
above (p. 16), probably derives its information concerning
Manatunga from the Prabhavakacaritra, likewise states that
'Manatunga, councillor of the Caulukya Vayarasimhadeva, Lord
of Mālava (mälaveśvaracăulukyavayarasimhadevāmätyaḥ), con-
1 For this commentary, see Weber, Verzeichniss der Skt. HSS zu Berlin,
Bd. 2, Abth. 3, S. 1003. This commentary appears to be identical with
the Tapāgacha pattavalt as outlined by Klatt, in IA, vol. 11, p. 251-256.
2 See above, p. 17, notes 1 and 2. This Pradyumnasūri is presumably
not the Jaina hierarch mentioned (IA, 11. 253) as 32d in descent from
Mahavira; cf. Peterson, Search for Skt. MSS, Fourth Report, introd.,
Index of Authors, p. 79-81, where are listed 7 writers by the name of
Pradyumnasūri, the hierarch being distinguished from the author of the
Prabhavakacaritra.
8 Text is that given by Klatt, IA, vol. 11, p. 252, and Weber, Verzeich-
niss der Skt. HSS zu Berlin, Bd. 2, Abth. 3, S. 1003.
4 Weber, Verzeichniss, etc., S. 932, Anm. 1; cf. Peterson, Search for
Skt. MSS, Fourth Report, introd., Index of Authors, p. 92, Bombay, 1894.