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अशेषविधामेष संतोषाय विशेषतः
करोति तनुज्ञातो नसिंहः सन्निबंधनम् || And Krishọa says in his Padachandrikd that he is composing it at the orders of king Narottama (brother of Govindachandra):
आपूर्वापरवारिसशिवसुधासामाग्यदीक्षागुरोः
आदेशेन नरोत्तमक्षिसिपतेः श्रीशेषकृष्णदुना। So it appears that they were the protégées of the kings of Tandava at that time. But unfortonately we can neither identify the town at present, nor can we give the dates of the kings. We, therefore, have recourse to another method of determining their date. Krishna was a contemporary of Giridhara, lo sun of Raja Todarmal, the financial minister of Akbar the Great. Raja Jodar. mal died in 1586. So his son must have lived in the last quarter of the 16th and the first qaarter of the 17th century. Krishna thos flourished at the beginning of the 17th century.
In his Prakriyd-prakdóa, Kpishọa gives the genealogy of the kings of Antarvedill (the portion of the land lying between the two rivers, the Jains and the Ginges) for five generations, the last being Kalyana. At the orders of the lart mentioned, the wuthor says, he com; oret this work. The capit.) of Antarvexti is given as Patrabhuji. Again Krishna, in bis Sad, lichdrasiromani, says that he composed this work at the request of Pilaji. N ayana ells 1.s tliat he composed his commentary on the Mahabhashya at the request of Phirinda (-ee the ex'ract given below) The Sesba family, there or, see.ust have been arroxeal by siffriut eople at different times. But we are strangely ignorat as to the lates of any one of these patrons. Further research may throw greater light upon the Sesba family.
V. While hunting for information abont this family, I came across the following works by persons bearing the surname S-sha. But I have not bern able to trace any connection between these authors and the renowned family treatel of in the above pages. All thesu works are commentaries on the originals of other authers. They are:
1. A commentary on Gita-Govinda by Sesha Kamalakara, son of Mengapatha. 2. - by Sesha Ratnakara. 5. A commentary on Pidártha-chandrika (called Saptapa larth) by Sesha Ananta. 4. A commentary on Nyáya-sidd anta-dipa-prabhá by the same. 5. A commentary on dmaru-satıkn by Subba Ramakrishna. 6. A commentary on Sarva-siddhantu-sangraha by Sesba Govinda. 7. Jyotishabhashya by the same. 8. Agnishto ma-prayoga by the same. 9. Commentary on Suptapadárthi (called Padd-tha-chandrika) by Sesha Sarngadhara. 10. Com nentary on Lakshaņioli (called Nyáy im ulidvali) by the same. 11. Srauta-sarrasva
| by Sesha Nardyảna, son of Sesha Vasudeva, and 12. Nántasaragraha
grandson of Sesba Ananta. 13. Bodhayaniya- Agnishtoma-prayoga 14. Laghuny dyasudhd by Sesha Pandita. 15. Commentary on Veldagujyotisha by Sesha Naga.
Mahamabopathyâya Pandit Haraprasad SÅstri, on the authority of T. H, Colebrooke, says in the preface to his Nepal Catalogue, tint the nu hor of the Praleriyd-earwudi was of the Sesha
• The following genealogy is given in the previous, "The genealogy is given below: TOTOR:
Rupa hara Sivadisa
Narayana Gangadies
Gangadis m. Anabha Mahenden
Virayara Madhava (descendant)
Kaly Apa
Govindachandrs Kirkja Narottama. 16 Vite Prologue to Kathravadha by Krohna.
