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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Colophon :
इति श्रीमत्परमहंस परिव्राजकाचार्य श्रीमदनन्तानन्दरघुनाथपादपद्मोपजीविनः श्रीमन्नृसिंहसूनोः लक्ष्मीधरस्य कृतौ श्रीभगवन्नामकौमुद्यां नामकीर्तनस्य केवलस्यैव पुरुषार्थसाधनत्वप्रतिपादनं नाम तृतीयः परिच्छेदः ।
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Subject: Bhagavannāmakaumudi a treatise establishing the superiority of repetition of the names of God Vienu and proving that the mere recitation can open the door for salvation.
Remarks:This Ms. is in good condition. According to Dr. Burnell it is a work that goes into Visistadvaita system but it is not so is testified by the author himself, who in the last verse says मदनडुहः which is a term qualifying Siva and not found in the works of that school. This work has been divided into 3 paricchedas the names of which are given below.
(1) पुराणवचनानां विवक्षितार्थत्वप्रतिपादनं नाम प्रथमः
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(2) स्वप्राधान्येन पुरुषार्थप्रतिपादकत्वं नाम द्वितीयः
and the third is given in the colophon.
This author is the same as the famous author of the Pra krit grammar Sadbhāṇacandrika and Vedantic works like Advaitamakaranda. He is a Telugu Brahman who became a Sanyasin in the late stage of his life. For other details see remarks under No. 4269 (Vol. VIII) and 6980 (Vol. XII).
