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PREFACE. XV hara. With Yamuna is connected Laksmanayogi, with Sri Rangesa, with Satharipu Saumyajamatr. Bharadvaja Samhita and its commentary under No. 197 are both written in the interests of the sect. Visist advaitavijaya-vada (270), by Narahari, the son of Raghava, is a polemical work for the establishment of the truth of Ramanuja's interpretation, as against that of the Advaita School. An incomplete MS. of Sruta-prakasika is described under No. (307). It is a commentary on the Bhasya-commentary of Ramanuja. Saccarita- Raksa (319), by Venkatesa, is an independent work of the Ramanuja School for marking the body with the forms of Visnu's disc, etc. Karikadarpana, by Varada Kavi (55), is a work on the Ramanuja system of philosophy in 4 parts. In the 4 th part the sampradaya or the succession of teachers is treated of. The author is a son of Srinivasa and a grandson of Varada. His elder brother was Sundaracarya who was his teacher also. The work is an exposition of Rahasyatrayasara by Venkatacarya. Rahasyatraya is said to be a moksa-sastra. VALLABHA'S SCHOOL OF VEDANTA. Anubhasya-vivaranam (5, 6), by Giridhari, the son of Gopala, contains a commentary on the first and the second pada of the first adhyaya of Vallabha's commentary on the Brahmasutras. Brahmasutra-vrtti (182) is also a commentary on the Brahmasutras in accordance with the teachings of Vallabha. The three works on Bhakti (Nos. 188, 189 and 190) belong to this school of Vedanta-vaisnavism. The first attempts to establish the validity of the doctrine of Bhakti; the second attempts to construct a system of the Visnu.worship from the theory of Vedanta as expounded by Vallabha; and the third is a hymn to Krsna by Vitthala according to •