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Kavirajamarga and a handful of other extant works. While a few scholars may have expressed reservations regarding the extent of this literature, noted modern scholars such as
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Syamakundacharya (c. 650), who authored the
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348:, Vimalachandra, Udaya, Nagarjuna, Jayabhandu and to poets including Kavisvara, Srivijaya, Pandita Chandra, Ravi Kirti (634) and Lokapala.
600:, p. 26 Quote: "Since the Halmidi inscription does not belong to the reign of Kakusthavarman, it is not included in this volume."
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Amritasagara). Gunanandi, who was known as an expert in logic, Kannada grammar and prose lived in the 9th century. Around c. 900,
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