Indian Antiquary Vol 41

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[NOVEMBER, 1912.
The work ends as follows:
प्राक्ततु [प्राक्तंत्र ] सूक्तिमुक्तानां माला कृष्णविनिर्मिता । वितुषामाद्वषां कण्ठे भासतामसतामपि।। क्रियाकारकभावेन यत्सर्वनानुभूयते । स प्रत्यगास्मा जयति शब्दब्रह्ममयं महः ।। शब्दब्रह्मानिधानं श्रीमद्भाष्यकारस्थ संमतम् । श्रीकृष्णशेषवितुषा स्फोटतत्त्वं निरूपितम् ।।
विद्वद्भिः सदसवयक्तिकारिभिः सारहारिभिः। रागविद्वेषरहितैषितं वास्तु भूषितम् ।। The various authors to whom he refers in his gloss show his extensive reading in Sanskrit literature. The author quotes शारीरकभाष्ये शंकराचार्यः under verse 43; द्वितीयटीकायां वाचस्पतिमिश्राः भहपावैः under verse 6; मीमांसावात्तिककारमिश्राः, न्यायटीकाकारमिश्राः under stanza 73 प्रभाकारमते, under stanza83; भर्तृहरिः under verse 133; भालंकरिका पनिकारादयः under verse 14%; न्यायसूत्रं under verse 17 लीलावतीकार under verse 183; भवार्तिककार, वाचस्पतिमिः तत्त्वविंश, द्वितीयटीकायां वाचस्पतिमिश्राः, भागम under stanza 19.
Some more works, such as उषापरिणयचंपू, सत्यभामापरिणयनाटक, and सत्यभामाविलास have been given in the Catalogus Catalogorum as having been composed by Sesha Krishņa on the authority of Dr. Opport, but one cannot be sure about these works till one sees them or gets extracts therefrom.
Krishna had a pupil named Jayantabhatta, son of Madhusudana, a native of Prakasapuri on the river Tapti. He composed only one work, from which I quote the following few verses, relating to his history:
श्रीकृष्णपंडितवर्णोऽम्बुधिर्मथनोत्थं सारं निपीय फणिसंमतयुक्तिमिष्ठाम् । अामाविस्तरयुतां कुरुते जयंतः सत्कौमुदीविवृतिमुत्तमसंमदाय ।। भूपीठे तपतीतटी विजयते तन्न प्रकाशापुरी तत्र श्रीमधुसूदनो विरुरुचे विश्विभूषामाणः। सज्जेनेन्द्रसताभिधेन वितुषमालोच्य सर्वे मतं तस्वे संकलिते समाप्तिमगमत्संधिस्थिता व्याकृतिः॥
कृष्णशेषवर्धेऽम्भोधिः दुःप्रवेशो ऽल्पबुद्धिभिः। इति मत्वा ततुल्सस्त तस्कृते संप्रसारितः॥ कृष्णशेषवचौऽभोधेस्तत्वचंद्रः प्रकाशितः।
प्रकाशाभूजयंतेन काश्यां चाकाश्यतां चिरम् ॥ Jayantabhatta's Tattvachandra, from which the above verses are taken, is a commentary on the Prakriya-kaumudi. It is an abridgment of Prakriya-kaumudi-filed called Prakriya-prala sa by Sesha Krishpa, his guru.
Krishṇa had a brother, Chintamani. Bat it is curious that they never mention each other in their works, though if Chintamani were the elder, there is some justification for their not mentioning each other. We cannot on that score definitely say which was the elder. Chintamani does not seem to be as great a scholar as his brother. Had it not been for Chintamani's own work, it would have been impossible to know that Narasimha had two sons. Chintamani was the author of Rasamanijari-parimala and many other works mentioned in the Catalogus Catalogorum.
Krishņa again had two sons-Virebvara and Narayana. These two members of the family were also persons of extraordinary talents. Narayana wrote a commentary on the Mahábhashya called Sakti ratnakara. This is a very rare work. Even where copies of it are found, it is incomplete in the beginning. The only known copy that has the beginning is in my Arsha Library And so I give an extract from the work at the end of this paper.
Of the two brothers, Vireśvara was the elder. He does not seem to bave composed any works. Probably all bis time had been spent in giving instruction to his pupils Perubhatta' and Peru
•तज्जेन मधुसूदनजेन इंद्रसुताभिधेन जयंतनाना। It is unnecessarily corrected into बत्पुत्रेण जयंतकेन ।।
Vide commentary on Rasagangadhara.