266 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1916. 
as his by Rucidatta in the Nydya-kusum. 
aijali-prakasa-makaranda’ ; 
in Vaisesika :— 
(v) the Kiranavali-prakasa, a commentary on Uday- 
anacarya’s work, in two sections, Dravyaan 
Guna; 
(vi) the Nyaya-kusum-anjah-prakasa, a commentary 
on Udayana’s famous polemical work ; quoted 
by Haridasa Bhattacarya in his Kusum-anjalt 
tka and commented upon by Rucidatta; 
(vii) the Nydya-lilavati-prakasa, a commentary on 
Vallabhacarya’s work ; quoted in Jayadeva’s 
Aloka; 
in Vedanta :— 
(viii) the Khandana-khanda-khadya-prakasa, a cot: 
mentary on Sriharsa’s famous work, referred 
to in Pragalbhacarya’s commentary (the 
Khandan-odhara).” 
Varddhamana calls Gangeévara his father and preceptor; 
and is in the final colophons given the title Upadhyaya. No 
other personal information of him is at present available. 
arddhamaina Mahopadhyaya is named in the Sarvoa-dar- 
sanasangraha of Madhavacarya, under No. xiii, Panini-darsam 
So he must be older than the second half of the fourteenth ce 
His Nyaya-kusum-ditjali-prakasa mentions, and therefor 
must be later than his Nyaya-nibandha-prakasa and Nya 
parisista-prakasa. 
nq By his commentaries Varddhamina considerably facilitata 
. e study of Nyaya and Vaisesika, and helped largely in e¢ 
is on a solid basis the Navya-Nyaya school of his fat 
It is a pity nothing authentic is known of the personal lives of 
1 The Bib. Ind. ed., the Kusum-anjali as 
° “9 al 5 ke a, te .384. 
: Sans. Coll. Cat., ITI. 199, No. 314, ta r verse 
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