Volume 15 (1911)

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PREFACE.
Sararakanyayarakṣā (sikṣa) mani, by Appaya Dikṣita
(No. 295), is a commentary by Appayadikṣita on the Sarra-
kabhāṣya.
Samkṣepasarirakaryakhyānam, entitled Siddantadapa, by
Visvaveda (317), is a commentary on Samkṣepaśārīraka by
Sarvajñātman. Samkṣepasariraka-subodhini (318), by Puru-
sottama Misra, is also a commentary on the same work.
Visvaveda's commentary on Samkṣepaśārīraka seems to have
been the first commentary on the work, as Ramatirtha whose
commentary is described by Eggeling in pp. 742-43, had the
Siddhantadipa before him, and as the commentator of 318
was a pupil of Ramatirtha and followed him in his com-
mentary.
Siddhanta-Ratnarali, by Agnicit Balabhadra Misra (342),
is a short treatise on the Adraita system of the Vedanta
philosophy.
Manana Grantha (208), in sixteen varṇakas, is a work in
praise of Vairagya. The work commences with an obeisance
to Vasudeva Yati and has, as the first śloka, the usual
mangalācaranam of Sāyanācārya वागोशाद्याः सुमनसः [vāgośādyāḥ sumanasaḥ ] etc. All
notices of this work are unsatisfactory.
Rama-Ratnakaratika (236), by Mahamudgala, is a com-
mentary on a work entitled Rama-Ratnakara. A work of
the same name by Madhuvrata is mentioned by Aufrecht in
p. 518 as coming from Oudh, a province noted for Rama-cult.
From the extracts given under this number, the work has a
strong Advaita tendency representing Rama as the Brahman.
Nrsinhasarma is a well-known and voluminous writer
of the Advaita School, and his Advaita- Ratnakosa is a well-
known work. The present volume contains the description
of an incomplete and dilapidated manuscript of a commentary
on the work, under No. 7. The author's name is lost by a
lacuna His Guru's name is Krsnananda, and he makes his
obeisance to Mahesvarānandatirtha, Sankara and Sankara-
nanda. This is a different commentary from that by
Agnihotra mentioned by Hulztsch in his Extract No. 500.