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not even alluded to in the original, we may surmise that he must have been very closely connected with the author and might have been his junior co-pupil (Maillṣeņa describes himself as the elder pupil of Jinasena in the colophon of his Jwālinī Kalpa) or his pupil. It is a fact however that much of such information and Mantras are given by the commentator from Vidyānusāsana as we have ascertained from a detailed comparison of the work and the commentary with Vidyanusāsana. There is no doubt that he has very ably commented on such a specialized work and laid the readers under great obligation by furnishing very accurate and exhaustive information on the subject. We may also infer that both the author and the commentator might have belonged to Karnatic from the references above mentioned in the commentary. About the author we can say from the knowledge of Puranic Mantras shown by him in the last chapter as noted in the 'Contents' of the present work that he was well acquainted with the Puranic literature and particularly Garudapurāṇa and Nāradīyamahāpurāṇa. The verses cited in the footnote from the colophon of Kamacāndāli Kalpa show that he wrote prose as well as poetry in Prakrit as well as Sanskrit in a charming style, was versed in uetrics or Prosody and Poetics, had such a marvellous Memory that he would not write any portion of his work till he completed the whole and that he was a favourite of Sarasvati. From a verse omitted in Sarasvati Mantra Kalpa Appendix 11 after verse 76 we find that he styled himself Yogindra.
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