Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts Asiatic Society Vol 08 Part 02

SR No.: 020275
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hariprasad Shastri, Chintahran Chakravarti
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1940
Total Pages: 340
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 19 MB

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according to the views of this school. In fact, in the beginning of the commentary he justifies his initiation into both the cults. In this work he refers to himself as the eldest son of Jayasimha. The introductory portion of the Sarva-siddhānta mentions his minister Bhodulāla and his otherwise unknown work Bhāṣā-rāmāyana. This Sarva-siddhānta as well as the Sangīta-raghunandana appear to have been composed when Viśvanātha was only a prince (Kumāra) and had not as yet formally assumed charges of his territories. Thus the colophons of both these works refer to him as Mahārājakumāra while the colophon to the latter work calls him also Bābusaheb. In almost all his works Visvanātha refers to his guru Priyādāsa in highly eulogistic terms. It is stated that it was the guru who residing in his heart composed the works. Visvanātha mentions by name a number of works by Priyādāsa (e.g., Susiddhāntottama, Śrutasūtra-tātparyāmrta, etc.) among which the views of the Śrutasūtra-tātparyāmsta were followed in preparing the commentary of the Brahmasūtra. The line of teachers (guru-paramparā) of Visvanātha is given at the end of the Sarva-siddhānta.
YAŠODHARA MIŚRA.
Yasodhara, son of Kamsāri Miśra, wrote his Mantrārādhanadāpikā (6233) in 1488 S.E. Of his three works, Mantrārādhanadipikā, Phala-candrikā and Viravara-cintāmani 1, each refers to a different patron at whose instance the work is said to have been composed. The first of these works refers to Rajāni (?), son of Kālidāsa and grandson of Nathamalla of the Maravāha dynasty 2 Govindadāsa is the name of the patron mentioned in the second work while Mahārājādhirāja Vīravara is the name found in the third.
VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Before concluding I must gratefully acknowledge the help received from the authorities of the Royal Asiatic Society in the progress and completion of the work. My special obligations are
1 A comparison of the MSS. of the Viravaracintāmaņi and the Daivajñacintā. mani in the Society revealed the close identity of the two works, chapters V, VII-XVI, XVIII and XIX of the former corresponding with chapters II, III-XII, XIV and I of the latter.
2 Ulwar, Extr. 654.