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of Govinda Dikshita,' which is published by the Music Acadamy, Madras. For the commentary of Hamsabhūpāla, Dr. Krishnamacharyar gives no reference. This must be the commentary mentioned in the Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts from Gujerat, Karachi, Sindh and Kandesh. Evidently this is a mistake for Simhabhūpāla. For the commentary by Kumbhakarņa, there is not enough evidence.' For Chandrikā also Dr. Krishnamacharyar gives no reference and simply says that it is anonymous, Dr. V. Raghavan says that he has information that there are two commentaries, one called Kaustubha and another only a paraphrase of the text. According to Dr. Krishnamacharyar, Kaustubha
This is given as by King Raghunatha of Tanjore, in the colophon ; but Govinda Dikşita's son Venkatamakhin says that the work was by his father in the following verses of his Caturdandiprakās'ikā.
चेन्वयाच्युतभूपालाघुनाथनृपाङ्किते। अस्मत्तातकृते ग्रन्थे प्रोक्तम् . श्लोकान् लिखामि तान् ॥
p. 14, verses 154. in the edition of the Music Academy, Madras, No. 3. The verses quoted are found on p. 155, verses 440-443 in the edition of the Music Academy, Madras.
No. 1. * p. 274.
Dr. V. Raghavan also mentions this commentary in the Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, Vol. iv, p. 18. In this article he mainly gives the information he had himself gathered in his researches ; but he records also what information he had received from others. This is a point of the latter variety.
" Foot-note 4 on p. 853. Oppert mention this as No. 6258. Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, Vol. iv, p. 19.
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