288 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [{Sept., 1915. 
And in Vaisesika ,— 
(iii) The Padartha-khandana-vyakhya, a commentary on 
Raghunatha’s critique. 
Govinda Sarmma calls himself in the Nyaya-samksepa son 
of Nydya-vacaspati, who can be no other than the above. 
named Rudra, the son of Vidyanivasa.! In the other two 
works the final colophons ascribe them to Govinda Bhattacarya 
Cakravartti who may or may not be identical with the son 
of Rudra. 
As son of Rudra, Govinda’s time falls roughly in the second 
quarter of the seventeenth century. 
18. HARIRAMA TARKAVAGISA BHATTACARYA. 
He wrote in Nyaya :— 
(i) The Tattva-cinta-mani-tika, a commentary on Gaige 
sa’s work, found in fragments only, with the suffix vicara, of 
vada at the end. It was quoted by Gadadhara (Hall). 
(ii) The Acarya-mata-rahasyam, on Udyanacarya’s theory 
of syllogism. 
(iii) The Ratna-kosa-vada or °vicara, criticizing that Vais- 
sika work, 
And in Mimamsa,— : 
(iv) The Sva-prakasa-rahasya or Bhatta-mata-siddhanta, a dit 
cussion of Kumarila Bhatta’s views. 
The title of Harirama is in MSS. changed now and thea 
to Tarkalankara, Tarkilankara-vagisa or Nyayalankara Tarke 
vagiza. He was guru of Raghudeva Nyayalankara Bhattacary® 
and according to Hall, of Gadadhara Bhattacarya. 
Harirama Tarkavagisa must be older than Samvat 1711 
1644 a.p., the date of a MS. of his Vada-buddhi-vicara he section 
of No. i (Hall). As the guru of Raghudeva, he might es 
in the first quarter of the seventeenth century. gi 
Naiyayika is identical with the grammarian Harirama, 7 
of the Katantra-vyakhya-sara,” | have not sufficient informati® 
to decide. 
19. RAGHUDEVA NYAYALANKARA BHATTACARY* 
He wrote in Nyaya :— 
(i) The Tattva-cinta-mani-gudh-artha-dipika, commenti! 
on Gangesa’s work, familiarly known as Raghudevt. tats 
(ii) The Navina-nirmana, a later and revised commen 
_ on the Tattva-cinta-mani. 
933), intro 
1 Th Fae de re oa oe. ee 
verse 8: se Nyaya-samksepa (Ind. Off. Cat., p. 644, No. 1 
araTaae: Sa iey : 
wareu=razerfaa! a [2 i) 
, oe 52 
2 Ind. Off. Cat., p. 200; No. 753; H. Shastri, Notices, p- 49: X™ 
