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 46 Systems of Sanskrit Grammar 30 a small place in the Duab formed by the Ganges and the Yamuna. Šesha-Krishna, as we shall presently see, was the preceptor of Bhattoji Dikshita, and must accordingly be placed cir. 1600 A. D.¹ 31. Bhattoji's Siddhantakaumudi and other works. We next' pass on to the deservedly famous Siddhantakaumudi of Bhattoji Dikshita,-a work which is remarkable not only by reason of the host of commentaries and sub-com- mentaries that it called into being, nor again because it is at present practically the only popular introduction to Panini's grammar, but also owing to the fact-strange as it may appear-that it has eventually ousted Panini him- self and most of the other. ancient authors of grammar, as also the numerous new schools that had lately sprung into existence. The work is too well known to need any detailed exposition. From the list of previous authors quoted by Bhattoji in this and his other works we can gather that he freely availed himself of such help as he could possibly get. His indebtedness to one work, how- ever, we learn, only from Meghavijaya, the author of Haima-Kaumudi, who tells us that Bhattoji's Kaumudi was largely modelled upon Hemachandra's Šabdanuśasana.³ Bhattoji was the son of Lakshmidhara and the bro- ther of Rangoji Dikshita, while his son was variously known as Bhãnu-dikshita, Vireśvara-dikshita or Rāmā- śrama. Regarding the other details of Bhattoji's life Jagannatha, the court pandit of the Emperor Shahajahan, informs us in his Manoramakuchamardini that Bhattoji was the pupil of Sesha-Krishna, to whose memory he does 1 Other commentaries on far- get are are by by art, 3 Peterson's report iii, p. 291. I by ft am not sure about the truth of this statement. erg &c. 2 An exhaustive list is given in Aufrecht's Oxford Catalogue, p. 162.