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follows the accent system of the Taittiriya Sakha. Its author is a pupil of the famous Ramabhadra dikaita.
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BHATTOJI'S PREDECESSORS.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Coming to the independent treatises, which are later recasts of the Aṛtādhyāyl, in a definite arrangement according to subjects, the Siddhanta Kaumudi of Bhattoji dikaita stands first, not in chronology, but in importance. To Vimala Sarasvati, the author of Rupamala, described here under No. 5816, belongs the credit of first showing the way. In its wake followed Dharmakirti's Rupavatara and Ramacandra's Prakriya kaumudi. The former is described under Nos. 5817-23. In this connection, it must be pointed out, that the latter part of the Rūpavatara, called Dhatupratyayapañeik is described in the colophon of some Mss. here as well as in the Madras Oriental Mss. library as far¤r. The name is interesting though not instructive. Rāmacandra's Prakriyakaumudi is represented by the Mss. under Nos. 5735-51. Three commentaries upon it are here noticed. One Viśvakarma Vidvān, son of Damodara, and grandson of Bhimasena, has written the 1. The commentary in the name of the author, Krapapandita, is the same as that of Sena krena-the author of the drama, Kamsavadba. He was the son of Sega Nrsimha and teacher of Bhattoji and Perubhatta, the father of Panditarāja Jagannatha.
BHATTOJI DIKSITA. (17th century)
Th Siddhantakaumudi of Bhastoji (Nos. 5485-5558) has numerous commentaries. Those that are described here are:
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