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 Systems of Sanskrit Grammar § 68 - going as possible, without running counter to its original object of ease and simplicity. As Durgasimha is quoted by Hemachandra, and as he knew the Chandra Dhātu- patha, on the basis of which he put together another Dhatupātha for the Kätantra, Durgasimha probably is to be assigned to the eighth century. As the verse introduc- tory' to his Uņādisütras contains an invocation to God Siva, Durgasimha probably was not a Bauddha, and if so, he is distinct from another Durgasimha, the author of a commentary on Durgasimha's vritti, whose invocation* points unmistakably to his faith. Durgasimha is also to be distinguished from later writers such as Durga, Dur- gâtma, and Durgacharya. The last is the author of a commentary on the Nirukta, and one of the first two, if indeed they are two persons," wrote a Lingänusāsana to the Kätantra (see note 2 on page 85). 88 69. Commentaries on Durgasimha's vritti.--Writers subse- quent to Durgasimha have mainly confined themselves to writing commentaries on his masterly vritti. The earli- est of these is the Kätäntravistara by Vardhamana, whose patron was Karnadeva, who probably is the same who ruled Gujarat in A. D. 1088. Vardhamana is often quoted by Bopadeva in his Kävyakamadhenu. A writer called Mahamabopādhyāya Prithvidhara wrote a sub- commentary on. Vardhamana's work. 1 Faxe foi fazza Marcy free asiguft- 2 fi This Durga aty les Durgasimha T: Compare Eggeling's Notes, p. 465. 3 'ne of them ar y have been * site; compare the verse --- stagen fir en ande ora It has a ring of that faith about it. The othar ag we saw was a Bauddha. Gelds ficker olieren kim: to be the same as the sutbo: othe Gageratnarnabcdedhi,.. vorz composed ( A. D.
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