414 Journ. of the Asiat. Soc. of Bengal. [Nov. & Dec., 1915. 
Suddhi-kalpa-taru. Its copying was completed in the reign 
of Ramasimhadeva on Saturday the 14th of the bright half of 
the month Pausa in the year Samvat 1446 or Ist January 
1390 a.p.,! which was a Saturday. 
He seems to have been a liberal patron of learning. His ~ 
officer (Sadasya) Srikara Acirya wrote the Vyakhy-amria, a 
commentary on the lexicon Amara-kosa. Under his patronage 
Ratnesvara Misra wrote a commentary on the rhetorical 
Sarasvati-kanth-abharana (the Ratna-darpana), and Prithvidhara 
Acarya wrote a commentary on the drama Mrechakatika.” 
The rule of this dynasty left its mark on Sanskrit learning 
of Mithila. Smrtic studies were renewed and considerably 
developed by Candesvara and his family, and by such notable 
scholars as Sridattopadhyaya, Harinathopadhyays, Bhavasar- 
man, Indrapati and his pupil Laksmipati. Padmanabha Datta 
started an important school of grammar with his Supadma and 
its supplements, works which are still studied in the districts of 
Jessore and Khulna in Bengal. On rhetoric and erotics Bhanu 
the commentary of Prthvidhara Acarya on the drama Mrecha- 
Acarya’s commentary on the Amara-kosa. Jyotirisvara also 
deserves mention for composing the earliest extant work in 
Maithili vernacular, the Varna-ratnakara. 
oa ei 
| Ind. Govt. MS. 4741, of the Suddhi-kalpataru, fol. 62b:— 
xfa Satsaaasimarfacraaraala + + Tae: 
GUrawiaaenraiyussiazafeesaial Sea aeasrargraa aac 
f. Say. ens — tf + wares + + faatu 
aay, This commentary of Srikara is quoted in J agaddhara’s commen- 
tary on the Venisamhara natakam, <fa wacetarat atau (Nir. Sag. 
Press ed., p. 39). For Ratneaivara, R. Mitra, Notices, IX., p- 230, and 
Peterson's 3rd Report, p. 350 (attributed to Ramasitnhadeva, 1? text, 
to Ratnesvara in colophon) :— 
aariesaa tre fear | 7 
trad afer reaneratags nf en) i 
For Prithvidhara Acarya, see Weber’s Berlin Catalogue, p- , 
Re Fa In rhetorics the Sarasvati-kanth-abharana was commented ge 
Rar esvara; and in erotics Jyotirisvara wrote the Paficasiy 
: khara. both quoted in mediwval literature. 
