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brated names of Bhagurt, Vararucht, Saswata, 

 BoPALiTA and Raxtideva. He then proceeds to 

 enumerate the dictionaries of Amera, S'ubhaxga, 

 Helaynd'ha, Govemd'hana, Rabhasa pala, 

 and the Ratnacbsha\ with tlie vocabularies of 

 R,UDRA, DiiANANjAYA, and Gangad'hara ; as 

 also the Dhcirankmha, Ear aval), Vrihadmnara, 

 Tricand'asesha and Ratnamala. Many of these are 

 cited !>y tiie commentators on Am era, and l)y the 

 scholiasts on different poems. The following are 

 also frequently cited ; some as etymologists, the rest 

 as lexicographers : Swajii, Durga, Sarvadhara 

 Vamaka, Chaxdra, aiul the authors of the Vai- 

 jciynl) Is amanid'hana, Raima, Vrihat-nighanti, S^c. 

 To this list might be added the AiKCurflia, dwani 

 manjari Nanart'ha, and otlier vocabularies of homo- 

 Ti\'mous terms ; the Diciracti, Bhuriptrnjoga cosha, 

 and other lists of words spelt in more than one way ; 

 and the various Nigiiautis or nomenclatures, such 

 as the Dhamcantari-nigha'Ata and Rqjanighanta, 

 Avhich contain lists of the materia medica ; and the 

 Nighanti of tlie Vi-da, -which explains obsolete words 

 and unusual acceptations*. 



Before I proceed to mention other languages of 

 India, it may be proper to mention, that the school of 

 Benares now uses the Sidd'hanta caumudi, and 

 other works of Biiattoji, as the same school for- 

 merly did tlie Casicd rritti. The Fracnija cau- 

 mud'i, \\\\\\ its commentaries, maintains its ground 

 among the learned of jy/r7;/7rt or Tifhut. In both 

 places, however, and indeed throughout India, the 

 iMahabhashija contin;:es to be the standard of San- 

 scnt grammar. It is therefore studied by all who 

 arc ambitious of acquiring a critical knowledge of 

 the language. Tiie Haricdricd, with its commen- 

 taries 



* The Niriict':, as explained in Si? William Jones's treatise on 

 ihc literature of the Hindus, belongs to the same class with the 

 Nighatit'i of the Veda : and a small vocabulary under both these titles 

 is cor.imonly annexed to the Rtg-ve'da to complete the setoiUpa-jedas. 

 There is however a much larger work entitled Niructi ; and the com- 

 mentators of it are often cited upon topics of general grammar. 



