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In A. D. 1372–3, Devendrasūri, pupil of Sangbatila kasūri of Rudrapalliyagatchha, wrote a commentary on the Prasnottararatnamālā of Vimalachandrasūri.56 In this work, the author says that Somatilaka, author of the Silopadešamāla, 57 was his 'gurubandhu.' The Dānopadešamālā in prakrit, with a commentary in Sanskrit, is Devendrasūri's other work.
Mahendraprabhasūri's pupil Merutunga wrote a commentary on the Kātantravyākarana in V.S. 1444 (A. D. 1387-8 )58 and the Shaddarshana, nirnaya 59 In A.D. 1392-3, he wrote a commentary on the Saptatibhashya. According to the Praśasti to this commentary, the author's other works are the Meghaduta with commentary, the Shaddarshanasamutchaya the Bālāvabodhavritti and the Dhātupārāyana. Mr. Hiralal Hansaraja ascribes the Bhavakarmaprakriya, the Satakabhāshya, commentary on the Namutthunam, the Susraddhakathā, the Upadeśamālātikā and the Jesajiprabandha to Merutunga. The Jesāji.
(56) Peterson, IV, 108; Weber, No. 2021
(57) A copy of this work exists in the Kantivijaya Bhardar, Chhāni ( near Baroda )
( 58 ) Velankara, No. 22. ( 59 ) Velankara, No. 1666.
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