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E. Sarasvata
पंकजं पादपंकजं यस्य स तथा ॥
श्रीब्रह्मसागर गुरोश्चरणानुचिंतापोतेन शब्दसरितां पतिरेष तीर्णः । विश्वेश्वराब्धिमुनिना मुनिराध्यराम
चंद्रकचारुकरुणालवकर्णधात्रा ॥ १ ॥
विश्वेश्वराधिमुनिना मुनिमंडितेन श्रीरामचंद्रचरणांबुज सेवकेन ।
सारस्वताख्यमुनिबंधसुदीपिकेयं
क्षेत्रे व्यधायि पुरुषोत्तमसंज्ञकेस्मिन् ॥ २ ॥
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श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्य श्रीब्रह्मसागरचरणानां शिष्यस्य सत्यप्रबोधभट्टारकस्य कृतिः सारस्वतदीपिका समाप्ता ॥ संवत् १५५७ वर्षे माघवदि ८ बुधे ॥ अह श्रीइलदुर्गे रायश्रीश्रीभानु राज्यं कृतवान् ॥ देवपल्लीवास्तव्य ॥ व्यास हांगाकस्यात्मज व्यासनानाकस्येदं ॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ कल्याणं भूयात् ॥
This is the only place where the work is called सारस्वतदीपिका and ascribed to सत्यप्रबोध भट्टारक, the disciple of ब्रह्मसागर, who composed this work in the holy place called पुरुषोत्तम. Elsewhere in the Colophons ( Fol. Sa, 17a, 38b, 44a ) as well as the side margins the work is called सुबोधिका and stated to be composed by अमृतभारती.
Reference - India Office Catalogue Part II, No. 803, where also a similar confusion of names has taken place. There does not appear to be any way out of the difficulty. The supposition that the work commenced by art was completed by सत्यप्रबोधभट्टारक goes against the Colophon found at the end of No. 291 / 1881-82 below. That सत्यबोधभट्टारक was an earlier name for art looks plausible only on the supposition that he had two separate spiritual teachers at different times, or that ब्रह्मसागर = अद्वय सरस्वती. Further, who is विश्वेश्वराब्धिमुनि ? ( Cf. next number.) A commentary on सारस्वतप्रक्रिया by सत्यप्रबोधभट्टारक is mentioned in the Catlogue of Bhau Daji Memorial Mss. p. 146.
