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of which are mainly in praise of Yasovanta Simha, son of 
ama. 
In the long list of authors discussed in this paper Cirafijiva 
is the only one that gives some account of himself and of his 
family.! His family belonged to Kasyapagotra Kulins, residents 
ofRarhapura, Gaura. In that gotra arose Kasinatha, who for 
his skill in prognostications from omens and signs got the title 
Simudrikacarya. Kasinatha had three sons—Rajendra, Ragha- 
vendra,and Mahesa. The second was the favourite of his father, 
and at the age of sixteen got for his memory the title Sata- 
vadhina Bhattacarya. In his young days Raghavendra was @ 
pupil of Bhavananda Siddhantavagiga. From Raghavendra 
was born the writer who was given the name of Ramadeva by 
his father but Cirafijiva by his elders. He went to Benares 
and there studying the Sastras, began to teach them. He 
speaks of having composed poems, works in Nyaya and in 
other Sastras. The author is generally known by his title 
a 
smrtic digest Rama-prakasa, and attributed it to his patron 
Krparama favoured by Jehangir and Shahjehan.* His father 
therefore flourished in the second quarter of the seventeenth 
century. His son Cirafjiva’s time thusfalls in the third quarter 
of the same century.* 
2, RAMARUDRA TARKAVAGISA BHATTACARYA. 
He wrote in Nya 
; A had al a ay 
& (i) The Tattva-cinta-mani-didhiti-tika, a sub-commentary of 
romani’s work, 
! See the introductory verses of the first tarangini of the Vidvan- 
terc~tong soa : ; 
e Kavya-vilasa, Ind. Off. Cat., p. 344, No. 119°. 
‘The Ra@ma-prakaia, Ind. Off. Gat., p. 50%, Nos. 1600-2, introd. 
ee 
Verse 
ata areas BI- 
WS seacaqanaa afuarsaras | 
Wewagaga ale again vad 
wi waaat at cefag afemal Tet [él 
For Si etaltasl asega fear see its verse 4. 
* Pandit Haraprasad Shastri says that Yaéovantasimha, ~eng woeken 
ang eave, was the Naib Dewan cf Dacca, under Sujauddaula phot 
was a resident of Western Bengal (Notices, II vs cae The 
