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XXVI
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS.
VENKATANATHA.
Venkatanathavaidika sarvabhauma of the Haritagotra has to his credit a number of works. The following is the author's pedigree.
Sarasvativallabhācārya
1
Ranganathacarya
Venkatanatha
The author was in all probability a Vaisnava, and had the title Vaidikasarvabhauma.
KANAKASABRĀPATI.
This writer, evidentiy a Saiva, and probably a native of Chidambaram was a follower of the Bodhayanasutra and has com. posed the following works:-Prayogadarsa (Nos. 11799-11802), Aparaprayoga (Nos. 11803-5) and two other works called Kārikāmañjarl and Mantranukra napi. To this day, the Karikas of this writer are looked upon to decide any portion of importance that may arise during the performance of Girnya ritual.
KRONANANDA.
Kranananda, the author of the famous Siddhantasiddhañjana, was a noteworthy samayasin and prolific writer on Advaita in the 17th century. His Anusthana paddhati, elucidating the conduct of the samnyasin and a commentary on the same by one of the pupils of the great samnyasin by name Ayyadhvarin are described under No. 11816.
NARAYANABHATTA.
Nārāyaṇabhatia, the first of the most important of the ancestors of Kamalakarabhatta is the author of several treatises. This author was a native of Central India, but he migrated to Benares from where he wrote his treatises. The following among his works are preserved in this library:
1 Antyestipaddhati (Nos. 11818-30) Prayogaratna (Nos. 11925-75)
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8 Tulada naprayoga (13605-20) (this from a portion
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