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gurus or leaders of the sects. In connection with
.. one of the latter sort a succesSuccession list of the
thosion list of the High-priests is Higli-priests.
given which contains forty names up to Govindadeva, the author of the work"; (N., Appendix II.). The first four of these are mythological persons. The thirtieth from Nimbârka is a
person of the name of Keśava Keśava Kâśmirin, the Kaśmirin who wrote a Bhâshya author of a Sûtra
on the Vedântasûtra. It is pub
lished in the eighth volume of the Benares Journal, the Pandit. In the introduction Keśava renders his obeisance to Nimbârka and speaks of Srinivasa, his immediate successor, as the author of the principal Bhâshya. He also mentions Sundarabhatta and others occurring in our succession list and his preceptor Mukunda.
bhâshya.
System of Vallabhâchấrya.–Of the latest system of the Vedânta, that founded by Vallabhacharya, we have copies of five works (Nos. 270--274).
CLASS XI.-THE NYÂYA AND VAIŚESHIKA SYSTEMS.
The founder of the Nyâya system was Gautama Commentaries on the
of whose Sûtra No. 748 is a
he copy. The Bhâshya or authorSûtras.
ised commentary on this is that by Vâtsyâyana, a manuscript of which was purchased by me in 1879. In the present collection thero is a fragment equal to about one-fourth of the whole of a more modern commentary entitled Nyâyarahasya, (No. 743), by Râmabhadra who represents himself as the son of Bhattâchâryachûdâmaņi. This person was in all probability the same as Jânakînâ thabhattâchâryachûdâmaņi, the author of the Nyâyasiddhantamañjari, to be
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