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 Systems of Sanskrit Grammar Rămasimha, a local prince of Sringaverapura (now Singa- rour) a few miles north of Allahabad. 50 § 32 www Vaidyanatha or Balambhatta Payagunda, a direct disciple of Nägeśabbaṭṭa, wrote like his teacher several works on Dharma and Vyakarana-satra. He was the son of Mahadeva and Veni, and Lakshmidevi the wife of king - Chandrasimha of Mithila was probably his patroness, in whose honour he is reported to have composed a com- mentary on the Vyavahāra-kända of the Mitakshara, which is usually known as Balambhatti. His grammatical labours are mainly confined to writing comments on the works of his predecessors. Thus he has written a Gadā on the Paribhashendusekhara, a Chhayã on the Maha- bhashya-pradipodyota, a Kala on Vaiyakaranasiddhanta- mañjūshā, a Prabha on the Sabdakaustubha, a Bhäva- prakäsikä on the Sabdaratna, Chidasthimālā on the Sab- dendusekhara, and a host of others. 1 Published in the Benares Sanskrit Series. 33. Grammatical works outside the Dikshita school.-Inde- pendently of the Dikshita school there are very few notable names of grammarians belonging to the seven- teenth century. We may perhaps mention, as belonging to the early decades of the century, Annambhatta the author of the Tarkasangraha, who has written an inden- pendent commentary on the Ashtadhyayi, called Mita- kshara. The school of profound grammarians which is almost dying out was already on the decline since the middle of the eighteenth century, as is evidenced by the numerous easy manuals that have come into existence during the last two centuries. Some of these popular epitomes ally themselves to no particular school, and these will be dealt with in another part of the essay. We now confine our attention to those belonging to the Päuiniya school.