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xiv PREFACE. RAMANUJA-VEDANTA. Adhyatmacintamani (8) in eight leaves and in 170 slokas, contains both the text and the commentary, without leaving any clue to distinguish the one from the other. From the statement in the Benares Sanskrit College Catalogue published at Allahabad, in page 407, we know the text begins with the verse atma na devo na narah (p. 7, line 4) and ends with paricintan bhatret (p. 7, line 11); while the commencement of the commentary is not to be found on the Benares Manuscript as the first leaf is lost. But it ends with jantusamsara- potakam . Under the circumstances the inference is irresistible that the commentary begins with ants, that is, the second verse in the MS. under notice, and the first verse: ending with should go at the end of the commentary. Sundara jamatr and Saumya-jamatr is one and the same person, and not different persons as stated by Hall in p. 112. Oppert says that the Text is by Saumya-jamatr and it has a commentary by Narayana. The commentator, whoever he may be, makes obeisance to Ramanuja, Yamuna, Ramamisra, Nathamuni, Adyakulanatha, Satha-vairi, Senadhipati, Jagaumata, Sridhara, as the succession of his Gurus. The same school of Vedanta has a short work by Parasara Bhattacarya, in praise of Ramanuja, in eight verses, explaining the eight-lettered formula atar. It namo vasudevaya . is entitled Astasloki. Kathavate mentions of a commentary on this work by Srinivasa, a well-known author of this school. Astaslokivyakhya (No. 23) is a commentary on Parasara's work by Govindarya, a pupil of Sathari. Govinda describes himself as Rasikakulendu and follows the traditional interpretation, acknowledging his obligations to Nathamuni and other ancient writers. Tot adrimathastha-guru-parampara (115) gives the following succession of Gurus in the Totadrimatha: Ramanuja, Parankusadasa, Yamunamuni, Ramamisra, Pundarikaksa, Nathamuni, Sathakopa, Visvaksena, Sri, Srid-