Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tanjore Vol 07

SR No.: 020232
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P P S Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1930
Total Pages: 519
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 18 MB

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XXVII
Magha was probably a Vaisya as the appellation Vanik usually applied to him indicates. His father was Dattakasarvacārya and his grandfather, Suprabhadeva.
Three different commentaries on the Sisupalavadha are preserved in this library. One is that of Mallinatha, (Nos. 33733435). The other is that of Cäritravardhanācārya, (Nos. 3436 & 3487).
SRI HARSA.
Sri Harga's Naigadha is described in Nos. 3444-3605. The date of Sri Harga is now taken to be fairly settled. He is regarded to have flourished at the end of the 12th century, A. D. on the strength of his supposed contemporaniety with Jayacandra from a reference in Merutunga's Prabandhacintamani. A careful consideration of the whole question is likely to reveal the fact that the date assumed as settled may have to be revised in the light of further evidences. A peristent tradition says that Udayana defeated the father of Sri Harga in a debate and that the father extracted a promise from the son on his deathbed that he will relieve his lost prestige. Sri Harga has made Udayana the special target of his attack in his Khandanakhanda shadya. We know that by the end of the 10th century (984 A. D.) Udayana became famous. The present date therefore of Sri Harga needs revision.
Four different commentaries on the Naisadha are preserved in this library. Mallinatha's commentary (Nos. 3608-8678) and Narayana's commentary (Nos. 3679-89) have been already published. The commentary of Segaramacandra (Nos. 3690-91) has not been published so far. Segaramacandra is very probably the son of Seṣanārāyaṇa who is extolled by Segaramacandra as having made his pupils Kumarilas, AkṆapādas, Kanādas etc.