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[N.8.] 
Hall says that he was son of Raghunatha Siromani. Of 
this there is no proof. On the other hand he calls Siromani his 
_ guru or preceptor. 
He must be older than Samvat 1660 or 1603 a.p., the date 
ofa MS. of his Guna-Siromani-prakasa.2 As pupil of Siromani 
he would be later than the first quarter of the sixteenth century. 
He might be placed in the second quarter of the same century. 
He should be distinguished from another Ramakrsna Bhatta- 
eirya, surnamed Udicya (the northerner) who later wrote a 
series of works on Sankhya and Smrti entitled Kawmudt. 
6. MATHURANATHA TARKAVAGISA BHATTACARYA. 
He is best known for— 
(i) the Tattva-cinta-mani-rahasya or °Phakkika,’ the stan- 
dard Bengali commentary on Gangesa’s work, familiarly know 
a Mathuri. It is full and clear in its elucidation. Its 
carya-caranaih. | Manda 
Aciry-anuy ayinah. | Mani-kara or °krt 
Sg yayah. | Maharnava. 
padhyay-anuyayinah. | Migrah (Vacaspati). 
Tiki-karah, Migr-anuyayinah. 
i hits.  Ratna-kosa-kara. 
idhiti-lert. | Lilaivati-kara. 
ihity-anayayinah. - Sondaropadhyaya. 
aya-kirandvali. _ Harinathopadhyaya. 
Durga-Mahatmya He quotes also his own Guna- 
judartha-khan a | prakasa-rahasy4 , _Didhat- 
priddha-dhikkara _— rahasy a Siddhanta- 
hattacaryah, _ rahasyd. 
' Ind. Off, Cat., No. 2068, introd. verse 2 :— 
wats Qaara aa: Haria 
warey: sea famyqerech | 
qaNs Valse qaaTaaay 
tea ee enfege ice cree tL TM ] 
8 The pi. Cat., No. 2069. bien 
WS Wied in the Bin tai, cca, 
Anumana and Sabda) has 
