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other tempts one to surmise that all the four persons named above belonged to the same family and, therefore, Varadaraja was one of the ancestors of Bhaskararaja. The reverent attitude with which Bhaskararaya refers to him and quotes his passages in season and out of season in the Bhashya on the Lalitasahasranama strengthens the surmise.
Srinagar, Kmr. 23 July, 1925.
} Madhusudan Kaul,
