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Fifth Report Operations in Search of Sanscrit Mss. in the Bombay Circle FI FTH RE PORT P O E RATIONS IN SE ARCH OF SANSCRIT MSS. I IN THE BOMBAYCRCLE . A P R I 189 — MAR 1895 L 2 CH . P ’E TE RSON . E . B O M B A Y T TH E G O VE R N ME N T E TR R P RI N TE D A C N AL P E SS . 1896. 6 1 4 6 8 3 C O N T E N T S . I ndex of Authors Lxxxvu —Lmvm E xtracts fromPatan P alm-leaf 1 —151 P n P a MS 3—171 E xtracts from ata per S . 15 u — E xtracts fromMSS . p rchased for Gov ernment 1 73 220 \ f MSS ur a ed f r Go ern e n 2 1 — 1 List o . p ch s o v m t 2 3 7 B 669 -a I N DE X OF AU THORS Akalanka The Di ambara o t an hil s h r S ha d rkar Re or g p e d p o op e . ee B n a , p t ’ 3- . 2 . 8 84 , p 1 2 Manikyauaudin s book on N yaya is based on i 4 . 155 1 5 . R e nc i m t l e d h s . , App pp , 6 ef re e s ade to he eg n o n to which Akal nk h m in n ro acc rdi g a a, w en e barrass ed co t with a B uddhis t nt o i i e ha th la te v ersy a ag n st, d scove r d t t e t r was being efiective ly prompte d by Mayadevi concealed in a ar and kickin the ar over with his foot ut an end to that j , g j , p in iration . 4 157 . R efe rred to al n wi h Dharmal:irti sp , , o g t h s a i er on lo ic 5 14 . F r Akalanka s ee and ot er , as wr t g . , 8 o ’ l o P athak s Pa er on Bhartrihari and Kumarila Journa l o a s p , f c th o al Asiati oci t V I I I the B ombay Bran h of e R y c S e y, X , 1 c din to P a hak Ak l u ka lived after he p . 22 . A cor g t a a t 7th He was a conte morar of the Rashtrak uta kin century . p y g S ubhatuuga or Krishnaraja I . Aj i tadevasuri P upil of Munichandras u ri and Manadevas uri. Guru of h i who se u il S oma rabhachar a wrot th V ijayas in as ur , p p p y e e amv 12 m al ratibodha in S at 4 1. 5 38 . A itade vasuri K u arap ap , j V i a inhasuri are N os 4 1 and 4 2 in the Ta a achchha and j yas . p g W ber . 1006 t v i . S also e p at a al ee p , A) 1taprabhasuri i a i i Author of the Santinathachar tr . He g ves h s genealogy as arma mu n follows . fter mention of S u dh Ja b a d Prabhava A , , s 669— i I N DE X OF AUTHORS. S a ambhav a Yas obh adra S ambhu ta Bhadrabah u S thula yy , , , , bhad ra A r amaha iri and othe rs he comes down to a a , y g V j r u r i u d a a e f e s i . Th s sage w as s ccee ed by V jr s na, ou r of w h os u ils founde d four di fferent sakh as Amon thes e the C b and ra p p . g Sakha ( branch ) was S pecially rich in fruit in the s h ap e of p up lls and of th es e was 1 . i in a . Thi a e a res ide nt of C handrav ti V jayas h s s g , a , de t t in h e res u nde r the uidance of Chan s erte d he Chai yavas y, g dra rabhu s u ri and as se d ov e r to the P u rnima aehchba He p , p g . was s uccee ded by 2 Abhayadev as u ri . Cha asu ri 3 . ndr 4 Dev as uri . 5 Tilakaprabha. a a nd S ma r h 6 . V irap rabh o p ab a . r A i ta rabhasmi was a u il o f V ira ra bha an O u r au th o , J p , p p p , d d as succe s s or to that te acher b T l laka rabh a was consecrate y p . B efore his e lev ation he h ad bee n the aut hor o f the Bh nv an asa r rasastra. He was s ut i w hen he w ote this S antinathacharitra . 1 21 5, v Aj l tasinhasuri I ndex of Authors . R ania S amarasinha conver ted S ee p rev iou s , im av e a decree a ainst the slau hter of an li v in thi n by h , g g g y g g th r in his dominions and the fame for p ie ty of S ana and o e ill ons icu ous as sh own b su ch O b s e rvances as v illages was s t c p , y th t h as been strained and dail ra ers d rinking only wate r a , y p y was born in th e v illa e Doda of Jinadev a i n con s e qu ence . H e g , S t 1293 . Diks ha S amvat 1291 . S uri and Jiu amati, in amva , mom or Aurnons . in am 1 . 1 S ada S v t 14 G hch es a da S a t 1 6 . ar a p , a 3 ac h pa , mva 3 v g , S amv at 13 3 0. Advaitananda Mentioned as the gu ru of Balak rishna the au thor o f the Dat takas iddhau tamauj ari . 4 , 9. Anantakirtigani Mentioned as guru of R atnanandiu th e au thor of the Bhadra 4 1 1 . bah ucharitra. , 6 Anantadeva o l m S f D v i A uthor of the Ru d raka p adril a. on o vi ed U ddha va n r b her f D ive di D va H e himself is D i and you ge rot o v e . v vedi A t v H wa al o called T ral d medha and nan ade . e s s ve a was an a y , 4 10 bi t of Benares . n his Catalo a C la r inha tan , I g s ata go um Aufrecht ascribes three other wor ks to this Anantadeva h n h a and S arv a rat d h an u tra Ya u sa d v o a ana. B oj as , j y , y p Anantavirya f ka on the P arik shamu kha of Manik auandin A uthor o a p aq y . S tisheu a at the re ues t of Hira a son cf He wrote it for an , q p , d mba. 4 155. V i j aya an N ana , Abhayakalasa ’ v u ri who wrote out for his maste r s u s e A pu pil of Sarv ade as . at n o k in S ma 3 f he P a b o s a v t 1 9 i . 5 125. i n lecture N o. 75 o t , Abhayakumaragani i a inhasuri in the com osition of his ha mo Assisted V j yas p D r i ti i n Samvat 1 19 1 . 5 90 . pades amalavr t , iv ms rx or s ou rce s . ’ P raised in a-pre ss ati at the end of De veudracharya s Chandra rabhacharitra. 4 8 . p , 5 The C omm r n n 34 nd entato o the N i e n as . 4 7 and 88 a A g , 0 ; 5, 149 . Abhayadeva Of th e Harshapuriya gachchha ; pupil of Jayasinha and guru of H ma h S e o t . 8 e c andra. e F urth Re or and revious I ndex p p , p h of Authors . T e Mu nis uv ratasvamicharitra of S richandrasu ri referred to as N o. 50 of the P atan books in the assa e , p g 3 f li C m e 5 9 ited is N o. o the st in the resent Re ort. o ar 8 c , p p p , , where it is added that Abhayadeva learned the mantravidya fromV iradeva. Abhayadeva P u il of Vi a achandrasuri V i a endu and ru o D v ha p j y ( j y ) , gu f e ab a i See revious I nde x of uth r r f dres r . p A o s . Autho o the 4 8 . He s t l r f Jayautakavya. , 7 y es himself the e pupil o mchandra who comes immedi tel f i a P ad a , a y be ore V jayachandr in the other lists .
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