270 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1915. 
(v) cae aa -lilavati-kanth-abharana, a ‘commentary 
the authoritative Vaisesika work of Vallabha- 
(vi) The Bheda- prakasa or Bheda-ratna-prakasa, a criticism 
non-dualistic Vedanta. 
work in philosophy of Sankara as yet found. Itis 
criticised in its turn in the Samksepa-sariraka of 
Sarvajfiatman (ii. 1). 
(vii) The Vaisesika-sutr- opaskara, a commentary on the 
Kanada-siitras, in ten adhyadyas, each with two 
ahnikas. It is the popular commentary on the 
original siitras, and has been printed in the Bibl. 
Ind. edition. 
The three smrti works of his have been discussed in my 
article on the smrti in Mithila. He wrote also, appareail 
his younger days, a small comedy on the marriage of Siva 
Parvati, the Gauri- digambara-prahasanam, which was olga at 
the instance of his father 
sikara was son of Bhavanatha and nephew of J ivanatha. 
His father was a learned man, as Sankara in the introductory 
verses 7 several of his works refers to his father’s instructions. 
ara must be older than 1462 A.p., in which year 
of the Bheda-praktsa was copied.” As guru of the jurist Varddhe- 
man-opadhyaya he cannot be much older than this time. He 
may be placed in the second and third quarters of the fifteenth 
century. 
9. VACASPATI MISRA. 
s best known as a smrti-writer. cat in fr last work 
the Pity-bhalit-taratgin’, he speaks of havi some 
ten works iy the (darsana) sastra. Of thse tot a least cal 
be traced :— 
(i) The Anumina-khanda-tika, a commentary Bsc 
on oan od s), giving the essence of the views . 
ma (Nyaya) and Jaimini a ea i). fyb 
(ii) The sere dat nd-oddhara, a commentary 
harsa’s famous critique. 3 
(iii) The Nydaya-siitr-oddhara, a commentary directly 
ot: ; 
(iv) The Sabda-nirnaya, on words. No MS. yet fount: 
quoted in his smrtic Dvaita-nirnay4. 
endra 
Vacaspati Misra lived in the time of the kings sr oi iis 
and Ramabhadra, and was their eee or court 0 
1m Shastei. Maibed. sok III, p. 5 aS 
; The B Bheda-prakaia, Sathvat 1519 ae a t ite 
See my article on Smpti in Mithila, J.A.8.B. 1915, not yet P 
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