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The following is the average age of the students belonging to each branch of learning at each of the periods formerly mentioned :—

The following works are read in the schools : In grammar Mahabhashya by Patanjali, interpreting or correcting Katyayana’s annotations on Panini’s rules; Sabda Kaustubha by Bhattaji Dikshita, consisting of scholia on Panini, left incomplete by the author; Siddhanta Kaumudi by Bhattaji Dikshita, a grammar in which Panini’s rules are used, but his arrangement changed; Manorama by the same author, containing notes on his own work; Sabdendu Sekhara by Nagoji Bhatta, a commentary on the Siddhanta Kaumudi; Sabdaratna by Hari Diksita, a commentary on Bhattaji’s notes on the Manorama; Chandrica by Swayamprakasananda, interpreting the Paribhashartha Sangraha, a commentary on the maxims of interpretation from ancient grammarians cited in the Varticas and Bhashya as rules for interpreting Panini’s aphorisms; Paribhashendu Sekhara by Nagoji Bhatta, a brief exposition of the same maxims; Vaiyakaranabhushana by Konda Bhatta, on syntax and the philosophy of grammatical structure; Vaiyakarana Siddhanta Manjusha by Nagoji Bhatta, on the same subjects; and Saraswati Prakriya by Anubhuti Swarupacharya, a grammar founded on seven hundred rules or aphorisms pretended to have been received by the author from the goddess Saraswati. In lexicology, the Amara Kosha. In literature Raghuvansa, Magha, Purva Naishadha, and Bharaviya or Kirata Kavya. In rhetoric, Kavya Prakasa. In law, Mitakshara and Saroja Kalika. In logic, Siddhanta Muktavali, the Gadadhari commentary of Vyapti Panchaka, the Jagadisi commentary of Vyaddhikaranadharmavachhinnabhava, and Bhasha Parichheda. In the Vedanta, Vedanta Paribhasha. In Mimansa, Adhikarana Mala. In Sankhya, Sankhya Tatwa