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on the boundary of Vatsa country, while in the Pratij帽膩
it takes place in the N膩gavana of Avanti. Thus it is
clear that Bh膩maha directs his criticism against a different
work and not the Pratij帽膩. Years ago, Prof. Kane
suggested that the criticism referred to the B峁沨atkath膩."
But now thanks to the publication of the MSS of different
works from the South, we are in a position to identify
the work which formed the object of Bh膩maha's attack.
It seems that the criticism applies in all particulars to the
incidents as described in the Vi峁嚹乿膩savadatta (being
published in the Journal of Oriental Research, Madras)
which, as we have shown, may be the Unm膩da. The
situation and incidents mentioned by Bh膩maha are all
found in the V墨峁嚹�. The similarity between Bh膩maha
and the Pratij帽膩, as noted by Prof. Dhruva, is merely
"accidental'."
Mr. V. Venkatarama Sarma in his introduction to
the Abhiseka (p. v) states that ILANKOVADIGAL in
the CILAPPADIKARAM, an ancient Tamil poem of
the second century A. D., mentions one Balacarita
N膩峁璦ka, which treats of the story of 艢r墨k峁涐梗峁嘺 in the
following words:-"mayavanudan rammu nadiya
Balacaritain膩takangalil venedunkat Pinnai yodadiya
kuravai yadutum". (Cilappadikaram edited by M.
Svaminatha Aiyer, 1920, Madras, page 442). We are
obliged to Mr. Sankar for supplying us with a transliter-
ation and translation of the passage. For easy reference
we herewith append his transliteration and translation:-
"Ayarp膩岣峣yil erumanrattu M膩yavan u岣峚n tan mun 膩岣峣ya
balacaritai-n膩峁璦kangalil vel ne岣島m kat Pi帽帽aiyo岣島
膩岣峣ya kuravai 膩岣島tum y膩m enr膩l". He translates: "She
said, 'let us dance the Kuravai dance, which K峁涐梗峁嘺 of old
in Gokula on the refuse-heap danced with Pinnai of lance-
long eyes, among the many dances played with him and
before him in the frolic of childhood". Mr. Sankar further
writes that there is no reference to the Balacarita, and
that two commentators support him in his interpretation.
Prof. Dikshitar also thinks likewise.' The passage speaks
of the Kuravai dance which Krsna of old danced in
Gokula. Being quite ignorant of the Southern
1 VJV, 1920, p. 98; also Sahityadarpa峁嘺, Intr., pp. XXXVIII-XXXIX.
2 Pradhanani Pratij帽膩, p. 27. 3 In his letter dated 7-8-32. 4 In his letter
dated 25-10-34.