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(iii) The Didhiti-ttka, of which only fragments exist such as 
Naiiaevada, Akhyata-vada, etc., including discussions thereof. 
And in Vaisesika,— 
(iv) The Nyaya-kusum-aijali-karika-vyakhya, a commen- 
tary on the verses of Udayanacarya. 
(v) The Dravya-sara-sangraha, a commentary on Udaya- 
nicarya’s Kiranavali (Dravya section). 
(vi) The Padartha-khandana-vyakhya, a commentary with 
occasional criticism of Raghunatha’s polemical treatise. 
_Raghudeva calls his guru Tarka-vagisvara,! probably to 
be identified with Harirama Tarkavagisa, whom he follows now 
guru Harirama. He may be placed in the second quarter of 
the seventeenth century. 
20. GADADHARA BHATTACARYA. 
A famous commentator. He wrote in Nyaya:— ; 
(i) The Tattva-cinta-mani-didhiti-prakasika, an exhaustive 
sub-commentary of Raghunatha’s Didhiti. It practically 
as Ga : 
Were commented, criticized and defended by dozens of writers, 
hostly non-Bengaiis. 
(ii) The Tattva-cinta-mani-vyakhy4, 
on Gatigesa’s work. 
ili) The Tattva-cinta-many-aloka-tika, ® sub-commentary 
on Jayadeva’s Aloka, also called Gadadhar. ass 
(iv) The Muktavali-tika, a commentary on the Sadywkt- 
ukt@vah of Gaurikanta Sarvvabhauma. 
And in Vaiéesika ,— : 
_ (Vv) The Ratna-kosa-vada-rahasya, % criticis 
Ssika work, : = ao 
Gadadhara is in some MS. given the title NV yayaney 
Bhatiacarya, and is given by Hall the title Nyaya-siddhanta 
TR agri 
a commentary directly 
m of that Vai- 
1 seqonrema Se 3 ‘ introd. 
Verse “ine Nana-vada-vyakhya (Madras Catalogue, No. 4254), ™ 
