Professor D.C. Bhattacharya in his article tried to identify the author on the basis of these internal evidences as well as some external such as the kulpanji , , the genealogical lists of Bengali Lahadi Brahmins in which it is stated that Vallabhacharya was the first ancestor of the Lahad! family who married Lilavati, the daughter of Udayana Bhaduri, a contemporary of Kulluka Bhatta, the famous- commentator of Manu Samhita. The family table of Lahadi family given in the kulpanji is; Vallabhacarya-Keshava-Narayal).a-Aniruddha-Sridhara. It further presumes that Subhadra, the mother of her only son Subhankara happened to be the third wife of Sridhara who had four wives. The Kulpanji mentions only three sons of Subhalikara of whom two Sekhara (Rajsekhara ?) and Damodara have been mentioned by Subhankara. The name of his third son is Durlabha according to kulpanji and Subhalikara has not mentioned him. Hence Subhankara mentioned in the kulpanji seems to 'by a mere namesake and he cannot be assumed as the writer of Sangita Damodara.
The other assumption made by Professor D.C. Bhattacharya about the identity of Subhankara is based on the striking similarity in the styles of Pragalbhacarya, the great Nyaya-Vaisesika scholar and Subhankara. As recorded in the kulpanji, Pragal bhacharya’s father was Mahamisra and Madhai, the father of Mahamisra was the younger brother of Subhankara's grandfather Aniruddha. Pragalbhacarya's mother sahnaval-seems to be the second or third wife of Mahamisra. According to these calculations, Subhankara appears to be the contemporary of Pragalbhacharya. Professor Bhattacharya, on this point, fixed 1500 A.D. as the date of Subhankara. After discussing both these contentions of Professor Bhattacharya i.e. the references of kulpanji and (ii) similarity in the style of two contemporary writers, Sri Gaurinath Shastri remarked that the deduction drawn by Professor Bhattacharya regarding the identity and date of the author are not convincing.
On the basis of the internal evidences as well as references to the Sangita Damodara elsewhere, Dr. Gaurinath Shastri tried afresh to ascertain the age of Subhankara. He sorted out the references and quotations made by the author himself is his work to prove his viewpoint. According to Dr. Shastri, Subhankara quotes the names of two works on music, Sangita-chudamani and Sangita Ratnakara in the opening verses of his work. In chapter V, he cites Bhaluki as an authority on Rasa.
In 1958, two manuscripts 'of Sangita Damodara discovered by Pandit Jagadish Tarktirtha during search for valuable manuscripts in the stock of Sanskrit College library Calcutta. This discovery was immediately reported in news' papers with an announcement that a critical edition of 'Sangita Damodara' would soon be brought out by the board of editors of the Research series of the Sanskrit college, Calcutta. After proper collation with two other microfilm copies of manuscripts lent by the India Office library, London and the Biblio the National, Paris, a manuscript copy was carefully' prepared for the Press by Shri Gaurinath Shastri and Shri Govind Gopal . Mukhopadhyaya.While editing the text, they took help from yet another manuscript copy of 'Sangita Damodara' lent by Suresh Chandra Chakravarti which he had got through Brajendra Kishore Roy Chandhari, the late Maharaja of Gourepore, though the manuscript was full of corrupt readings. This edited version of Sangita Damodara with the original text and an introduction supplemented by sources and references, was published in 1882 Saka i.e. 1960 as volume No. 11 of the Sanskrit College research publication" Calcutta and thus a known treatise on Indian music and Dramaturgy was presented to the academic world in print for the first time.
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