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 § 77 - ] Systems of Sanskrit Grammar Kshemankara, Mahidhara, etc.--but we have had already a wearisome list of them, sufficient to indicate the course of development of the school since its origin in the thirteenth century. It is necessary, however, to mention a few more writers who wrote commentaries on the Sarasvata independently of the Sarasvataprakriya, al- though none extant is older than that work. 103 78 Commentaries on the Sarasvata independently of the Prakriya.-The most famous of these, as having given rise to more than one sub-commentaries is the Siddhantachan- drikā by Ramchandräśrama. As we possess little infor- mation about this author, we at once turn to his com- mentators. These are i. Lokeśakara, son of Kshemankara and grandson of Ramakara. He wrote a com. on the Siddhantachandrika called Tattvadipika in the year , i. e. A. D. 1683. And ii. Sadananda who wrote a com. called Subodhini, which has been pub- lished at Benares. Ramachandraśrania appears also to have written an abridgment of his own com. called Laghu-Siddhantachandrikā. Another independent com. on the Sarasvata sätras is by Tarkatilakabhattacharya, the son of Dvärika or Dvarakādāsa and the younger brother of Mohana Madhu- südana. The author points out many interpolations in the works of Anubhūtisvarupacharya. He wrote his work in 1614 A. D. in the reign of Jahangir.2 Siddhantaratna by Jinendu or Jinaratna is yet an- other. We know nothing about it or its author. The com. is very short and probably very modern. One more extensive work on the Sarasvata remains to be mentioned. It was undertaken by a pupil of Bha- 1 With the words- - 2 Compare-aragraffaut (1672) and a stero 1 praft - aft #f fenaf fift