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eight appear to have so far been noticed (ASB., VII. 5250-1, 5508-9, VIII. 6209; HPR., II. 41; VSP., pp. 125, 187).
MAHĀDEVA VIDYAVAGISA.
Mahādeva Vidyāvāgiša, son of Yādavānanda Cakravarti, grandson of Vidyāsāgara and great-grandson of Subuddhi Miśra, acquired the title Vidyāvāgīša from his guru at Vişņupura in Māndāran. He composed his commentary on the Ananda-laharī (6694) in 1527 S.E. (= 1605 A.D.). One of the introductory verses of the commentary seems to refer to a work or works by him on the secret of the worship of Śakti, Siva and Vişņu 1.
NANDARĀMA TARKAVĀGİSA.
Nandarāma was the author of a number of small works on Tantric and philosophical subjects 2. In his commentary on the Śatcakra-nirūpaña (6367) he refers to his patron Harivallabha Rāya, who in all probability was a zemindar of Bengal. He was earlier than Jagannātha who commented on Nandarāma's abstracts on Nyāya, Vaišeşika, Rhetoric, Sāmkhya and Yoga. The commentary on the last of these works is stated to have been completed in 1638 S.E. (TRIZ yafua). MSS. of these abstracts are unfortunately not available, while MSS. of the commentaries, found in the Society, will be dealt with in the volume dealing with MSS. of works on philosophy.
NAVAMĪSIMHA.
Navamisimha (alias Adyānandana) introduces himself in the beginning of his Tantra-cintāmaņi (6217-8) as the minister of king Bhūpālendra of Nepal who is stated to have been a man of learning and piety. This king seems to be identical with Mahindra Malla or Bhūpälendra Malla of Katmandu who ruled for about five years, 1689-1694 A.D. 3 (Wright--History of Nepal, London, 1877,
1 The introductory and concluding verses are quoted in IO., IV. 2624.
2 Atma-prakāšaka (IQ., IV. 2400), Samkhyā-prakāšaka (10., IV. 2457), commentary on şaţcakra-nirūpaña (ASB., VIII. 6367), abstracts on different branches of Indian literature and probably Svarūpākhya-stava-tikā (VSP., p. 51).
3 It is not clear how Bendall assigns to this king the date 1705 (Cat. Buddhist Sans. Mss. Univ. Lib. Cambridge, Chronological Appendix III).
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