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at full length Rata mucutV man'i. It apf>ears 

 from the incidental mention of the years then ex-? 

 pired of astronomical eras, .that Mucu^ta made this 

 compilation in the 4532d year of the Caliifiig, which 

 corresponds with A. D. 1430. Achyuta Jallaqi* 

 has abridged Mucuta's commentary, but with- 

 out acknowledgment, and has given the title of 

 Vydc'hya pradipa to his compendium. On the other 

 hand, Bhanuji'-Di'csihta has revised the same 

 compilation, and has corrected the numerous errorS; 

 of Mijcut'a: whc often derives M'ords from roots 

 that are unknown to the language ; or according to 

 rules which have no place in its grammar. Bha- 

 NUji' has greatly improved the plan of the work, 

 by inserting from other authorities the various ac- 

 ceptations of words exliibitcd by Aweua in one or 

 two senses onl}^ This excellent compilation is en- 

 titled Vijacnya sud'hd. 



The Aniera coshci, as has been already hjnted, 

 gives a very incomplete list of words that have va- 

 rious acceptations. This defect is well suppHed by 

 the Medbu, a dictionaiy so named from its author 

 jMedinicar. It contains words that bear many 

 senses, arranged in alphabetical order by the final 

 consonants ; and a list of homonymous indeclin- 

 ables is subjoined to it. A siniilar diclionary, comT 

 piled by Mahes'wara, and Qv\X'n\Q(\Viswapracdsa^ 

 is much consulted, though it be very defective, as 

 has been justly remarked by M'idimcar. It con-, 

 tains, however, a very useful appendix on words 

 spelt more than one way; and another oil letters 

 which are liable to be confounded, such as v and b; 

 and another again on the gender of nouns. These 

 subjects are not separately treated by M'edini- 

 car; but I^e has on the other hand specified the 

 genders with great care in the body of the work. 

 The exact age of the Medim is not certainly known ; 

 but it is older than Mucut'a's compilation, since 

 it is quoted by this author. 



Amera's 



