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tity in the Yajurvedi Manir-artha-dipika ' of Satrughna, in the 
Chandoga Mantra-kaumudi of the Daksinatya Aniruddha 
Bhatta, and by Varddhamana in the Ganga-krtya-viveka. 
vi. The Dvija-nayana. 
verse No. 27 of the Brahmana-sarvvasva in a distorted form. 
born.”? The MS. is said to give astrological rules for determin- 
vii. The Sraddha-paddhati-tika. 
In some of the Reports in search of Sanskrit MSS. a com- 
mentary on Pasupati’s Sraddh-paddhati is attributed to Hala- 
yudha. In the Brahmana-sarvvasva (Vv. 24) Halayudha says dis- 
tinctly that he made only the Mantra-vyakhyas of the funeral 
section while his brother made the Paddhati. The work reported 
therefore requires further examination. It may be the produc- 
tion of an older Halayudha, for a Halayudhiya sraddh-adhaya 1s 
quoted in Maithila Sridatta’s Pitr-bhakti.* 
B. HALAYUDHA AND HIS FAMILY. 
In the introductory verses of the Brahmana-sarvvasva the 
author gives some information of himself and of his family. 
From the information there given, the following genealogical 
chart may be drawn up :— 
Dhanafijaya = Ujjala (v. 8). 
muni, 
or Judge, v. 5). 
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Pasupati, wrote the Sraddha- sana, Halayudha. 
krtya~paddhati (v. 24), and wrote the Dvij-Ghnika- 
the Paka-yajna-paddhati paddhati (v. 24). 
Halayudha flourished during the rule of Laksmanasena- 
deva. re he says (in v. 12) :—** Having in his early age (balye) 
a mye ‘ 
p. 66, MS. No. 633. ‘ 
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