268 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1915. 
sadhara Misra, and is given the title V yliyasiddhniarot aaa 
expert in the essence of logical conclusions rote his work 
for the understanding of those who found fault in by) words of 
his guru Jayadeva. As nephew of Jayadeva his time falls in 
the fourth quarter of the thirteenth century. 
5. RUCIDATTA MISRA. 
Two commentaries of his are extant, viz.,— 
(i) The Shriners prakasa,! a commentary o 
ega’s work in Nyaya; a 
(ii) the Nyiyn-tsumejal: prakitia-makaranda, a sub- 
tary of Seen s commentary 00 
Pdsyannoarye’ s Vaisesika wor. 
ucidatta was son of Devadatta and Renuka and brother 
of Saktidatta and Matidatta. The family belonged to Sodare- 
purakula, to which cg gs other later wre as Krsnadatta 
and Hrdayanatha. He was a pupil of Jayad 
He must be older than ieaks 1292 or 1370 | A on the date of 
a MS. of his Tattva-cinta-mani-prakasa, pratv vaksa-kh anda.’ As 
a pupil of Jayadeva he may be placed in the fourth quarter af 
the thirteenth century. 
6. BHAGIRATHA OR MEGHA THAKKURA. 
Three of his Vaisesika sub-commentaries are extant, all on 
Vaeddhisnifins? s work, viz. ,— 
(i) the Kiranavali-prakasa-prakasika ; ieee 
(ii) the [Vytya-] Kusum-aijali. prakisa- -prakasika ; an 
(iii) the [Nyaya-| Lilavati-prakasa-vyakhy4. 
. 
fants € i se 5. tS otarraa 
. 
ia cit the inn de IR ll th has lat dtc es 
fearafadtarst WRC 
1 The ee ronnia, Sabda-khanda (Ind. Off. Cats Ps xi 
Nos. 1946-7), the end verse 
aanaaat fasritaae: 
Arua faceawostesra: 
atufacnafagnadiect a: 
aise ware afaeuaat area [2 J souk. 
® Sans. Coll. Cat., ILL. 544, the Tattva-cinta-mani-prakasa, - 
verse 2 :— 
aaa tfecia RATaAAFT: | 
Ferraat gaa a vermis gare? [20] 
and the final cololphon:—<fq aieigtgegucqganerenteeye 
eutacfaa aafemafasaret saagitee: aare | 
§ For this old MS. see Peterson’s sixth Report, p. 76, No. 10. 
