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these two famous scholars. He should be distinguished from 
the later jurist of the same name. 
3. JAYADEVA MISRA. 
A well-known commentator, best known by his— 
(i) Tattva-cinia-many aloka,! or briefly the Aloka or light, 
commentary on Gangesga’s work, in four 
khandas. His notesare beet and mainly on points 
deemed difficult. He notes ome diflerent read- 
ings in the text of the Onis fag 
He also re commented on two Vaisesika commentaries 
of Varddhamana,’? viz 
(ii) the Dravye-pada Grtha, on the Dravya-kiranavali-pra- 
and 
(iii) the Lilavak-viveka, on the Lilavatt-prakasa. 
He was nephew and pupil of Hari Misra. He was surnamed 
Paksadhara, int apparently toate tinguish him from other Jaya- 
often called by that name alone. He is given the 
title of Tarkika-ciramani in the printed pattie of the Aloka 
andin some of the MSS. ek ae as pupils Vasudeva Mite, Os 
vasethd and Rucidatta Mis 
@ must be older than 1. sam 159, Sravana 6, the date of 
4 MS. of his Pratyaks-aloka, or older than 1278 .D.* His anterior 
init i xed by Varddhamana, whose work he sub-commented 
i He ae be placed in the third quarter of the thir- 
enth centur 
a. 
oO 
= 
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4. VASUDEVA MISRA. 
He wrote a commenta Tattva-cinta-mani of Gan- 
ry on the Tativa-cr 
ge’. In the final colophon he is described as nephew of Pak- 
7 Mes So ee 
ed. of 
the 7 Pa, crtions on _ Aloka have been printed in the Bib. Ind. 
cinta- 
hes : Seo 1 for be Dr avya-padartha, Ind. Off. Cat., p- aint ps 2072, and 
the Lilivati-viveka, Ind. Off. oe t. p. 668, Nos . 2081, ws 
* R. Mittra, Notices, V, p. 299, No. 1976. "The dhate' is sae 
*usly, and runs thus : TWAS WaTERT we quce dF WAVE Ae 
the Here hig after jakabda has been <tr ee dropped, w 
r La. sara a dot put in between 
f te decimal an 
a Y, eae dee ire insertions of aa « indicate Plate 1 of the 
a the cha a8 par to be al ithili and archaic, e.g. the character 
noted by ne 
ihe trod. 
hen . “he Cinte mani-tika ‘had: Off. Cat., p- 632, No. 1939), in 
 wedarcalfe % afeervefoa: | 
Wyre war ae Shires alee) 
“nd the final colophon of the 4 —afa atarafeeinr- 
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