INTRODUCTION ill And again :-- “Parama Mahanta Gajpati Purusottam, Likhai acha sloka caya yena anukram, Sehi anukrame ami ragibo payar, Krsnara Prasade hauka lokata pragar.” This shows that Purusottam Gajapati had the extracts of several books written in Sanskrit which were later translated into the Kamarip language. The Assamese Dipika Chanda is probably such a translation. The Honourable Rai Bahadur K, L, Barua also seems to hold this view. He writes :- | “It has now been shown that Purusottam Gajapati was not an Assamese or a Kamarupi poet but a King of Orissa and that he cannot be placed in the 7th century A.D." The above considerations indicate that Purusottam Gajapati was a contemporary of Madhava Deva. Aniruddha :- He was a Kayastha by caste and contemporary of Sankar Deva. He was born in Narayanpur, He founded the Moamaria sect. He slated the Bhagavata and the Mahabharata in parts. Pianbara Dija :- He was also a contemporary of Sankar Deva and wrote the “U$a Parinaya" in1533 A.D. Ramsari :- He was a Kayastha by caste and contemporary of Madhava Deva and Ram Saraswati, His another name was tambar. • He wrote the He wrot Rukmini Harana and translated the Virata and the Kirata Parvas. Vidya Pancanan:- He was a Brahmin poet of great repute. language indicates an early date in this period. Parva. Date unknown ; but his He composed the Karpa omposed t ha Bakul kayastha :- He was a Pundit in the court of Nar Narayana. arithmetic known as the kitabata. He wrote an 1. A. R, S., Vol. Ill, p. 32. • See Kavi Purusottam Gajapati in the Assam Bandhava, Vol. II, p. 96.
