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of the commentary on the Sabdakhanda with leaves 82 to 209 of the commentary on Pratyakşakhanda by the same commentator in order to make it appear that it is a continuous work. But unfortunately the first 81 leaves are marked at the right-hand edge . .
The commentary on the Sabdakhanda ends in p. 459 of the Bibl. Ind. edition of the text, Vol. IV, Part I, while the commentary on the Pratyakşakhanda begins at p. 35 of the first volume of that edition. : For Rucidatta's commentary on Pratyakşakhanda see L. 1545 and IO. Catal. No. 1940 and for that on the Sabdakhanda see IO. Catal. Nos. 1946, 1947,
In the beginning of his commentary on the Pratyakşakhanda, Rucidatta says:
अधौत्य सचिदत्तेन जयदेवाज्जगदगुरोः ।
चिन्तामणौ ग्रन्थमणौ प्रकाशोऽयं प्रकाश्यते ॥ So he was a pupil of Jayadeva alias Pakşadhara Miśrà. Pakşadhara was an able contemporary of Vācaspati Miśra of Mithilā and of Sankara Miśra. See Preface to Vindhyeśvari Dvivedi's edition of Khandanoddhāra. But the date of Sankara Miśra has been fixed in p. 49 of my Nep. Cat. 1905:
न्यायवार्तिकतात्पर्यटोका (द्वितीयाध्यायपर्यन्ता) उदयगरचिता
TRT: 890 ............ TUTH #TIHTITra
सन्भिश्रीमच्छराणां चौपाया गौडोयाम्बडीमहासदेवेन .... That is, Sankara Miśra was living in Śaka 1410=1488 A.D. Rucidatta, therefore, must have been living in the beginning of the 16th century A.D.
7602. 1175. TEHT Pratyakşapragalbhā. A commentary on the Pratyakşakhanda of Gangesa's
Tattvacintāmaņi.
By Pragalbhācārya. Substance, country-made paper. 12 x 34 inches. Folia, 198. (Was complete in 238 leaves, of which leaves 112 to 145 missing). Lines, 7 on a page. Extent in slokas, 5,700. Character, Nāgara. Date, Samvat 1575. Appearance, old. Incorrect. Incomplete.
