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 48 Systems of Sanskrit Grammar § 31 - ] of the classical language only and omits the svara and vaidiki prakriya. It is mostly modelled on Bhattoji's own commentary and is very useful for beginners. Jaya- krishna, son of Raghunathabhatta of the Mauni family has written a commentary on the svara and vaidiki pra- kriya only of the Siddhanta-kaumudi, thus completing that of Jaanendra-sarasvati. Both these writers probably be- long to the first half of the eighteenth century. Regarding. the abridgments of the Siddhanta-kaumudi and other shorter manuals based upon it we shall speak presently. The family of Bhattoji Dikshita seems to have been a family of great writers and grammarians up and down. Bhattoji's nephew Konḍabhatta wrote an original work on syntax and philosophy of grammar modelled on the lines of his illustrous uncle and being in fact a dis- cursive gloss on some 74 kärikäs of Bhattoji. Bhattoj's son Bhanují taught several pupils, as also his grandson Hari- dikshita. Among the pupils of the latter is ranked no less an illustrious name than that of Nagojibhatta or Nägeśa.¹ 1 These relations would be clear from the following geneulogical table- TEATER BODS tibetien H T son e Author of the disciple wrote in 1635 A. D. disciple 1 800 == L son vitația disciple or fa disciple Te Er Author of son Pear disciple (1650 A. D.) disciple wrote in 1641 A. D.