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PREFACE. xiii Atmajnanopadesatika (29), by Ananda Giri, is a commentary on a certain short treatise entitled Atmajnana, attributed to Sankaracarya, beginning with the word "ATHA." This is different from Atmabodha which begins with TAPOVIH. Pratyaktattvavivekatika (163) is a commentary entitled Padadipika, on the Anukramanika chapter of the Pancadas. Pancadasi has been several times printed in Calcutta. Satpadimanjari (310), by Sankaranandatirtha, the disciple of Sivanarayananandatirtha, is already noticed by Dr. Mitra under No. 2849. Atmabodhatika (31) is the same as described by Dr. Mitra under 1677 and in I.O. Cat., p. 736 A. Rajendra Lala, from the colophon in his manuscript, attributes it to Madhusudana, and Eggeling, from the colophon in his manuscript, attributes it to Sankaracarya himself. But Eggeling is evidently wrong, for the commentary begins thus after the Mangalacarana:-tatra bhagavan sankaracaryyah, etc. Sankaracarya would never call himself a Bhagavan. The Mangalacarana is an obeisance to Ramacandra, which also goes against his theory. " Atmasvarupanusandhanam (32), by Gopinatha Vajapeyi, the son of Jagannatha Diksita, is an independent treatise on the exposition of the sentence Tattvamasi.' Avrttipada (26) by Anandatirtha is unknown to Aufrecht. It is an independent treatise on the Vedanta, in which he seems to recapitulate, on the lines of Sankaracarya, the teaching of Bhrguvrtti. Tripuri (117), attributed to Sankaracarya, and its tika (118), by Anandagiri, a disciple of Suddhananda, are unknown to Aufrecht. The Text is divided into three parts called Pura and goes over all the topics of Vedanta in a very systematic fashion. Nayamayakhamalika (135), by Appaya Diksita, appears to be a work of the Advaita School of Vedanta. It is called, which should be corrected into Caturmatasara (Hulztsch No. 1510), Caturmata meaning all the four Advaita Schools.