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 § 91 - ] Systems of Sanskrit Grammar treatment of Pāṇini-the fact of his having retained most of the Paniniya terminology-has given the Saupadma an advantage over Bopadeva. Students of the Saupadma have not in their later studies to face the inconvenient necessity of unlearning their own technicalities in order to read the various commentaries and scholia (written to elucidate poems and works of science), most of which use Pāṇini's terminology. 112 92. Commentaries on the Saupadma.- Padmanabha, the founder of the school, has himself written a commentary on his grammar, called the Supadmapañjikā. Several later commentaries are mentioned by Colebrooke, such as those of Kandarpasiddhānta, Kāśiśvara, Śrīdhara-chakra- varti, Ramachandra, etc. The best of the lot is Vishnu- miśra's Supadma-makaranda in twenty sections called drops or 'bindus.' 93. Treatises accessory to the Saupadma.-Of accessory treatises to the Saupadma there is also a great number. Works on the Unadis, Dhātus, and Paribhäshäs were written by the founder himself. At the conclusion of the last work, Paribhashavritti, the author has given an up-to-date account of his literary activity, which is of con- siderable value. Regarding his work on the Uņādis (Unādivritti) it follows a peculiar plan of arrangement. "The treatise is divided into two chapters, the first con- taining the suffixes that end in a vowel, and the second those in consonants. They are all arranged alphabetical- ly. The sätras are Padmanabha's own composition, and in his explanations he usually follows Ujjvaladatta." The paribhashas of the Saupadma school are some of them word for word Panini's, while others are modelled on that basis. The Dhatupätha follows Panini's division into an etc, and has a com. on it called 1 See India Office Catalogue, Part ii, Ms. no. 890.