

15. Quotations in the Bhasapariccheda. 
By Vanamati VEDANTATIRTHA. 
The Bhisapariccheda is the “First Book” or ABC of 
Navyany7ya Philosophy, It is the most popular of all Nazyaycka 
works, being read and learnt by heart by almost all the pandztas in 
Bengal, as well as by the majority of them in other parts of 
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Ny4yapatcinana himself. ‘The commentary is called the Seddhan- 
tamuktavali. The popularity of the Siddhantamuktavalé is 
immense, as will be evident from the fact that its commentary, 
the Dinakar?, has been made the subject of another commentary 
called the Ramarudri. This series of commentaries has been 
printed and published. 
The author of the Bhisipariccheda flourished during the 
first part of the 17th century A.D. There is evidence that his 
father Vidy@nivasa was living in 1588 A D. (vide M, M. Harapra 
sada Castrin’s Nepal Catalogue, Preface, p. xvi, and also Kepel- 
ing’s India Office Catalogue, Vol. HI, p. 409B.). The verses of the 
Bhasapariccheda are generally steysned > have been, all them, 
composed by Vigvanatha. But = foes seems to be that he often 
quote: nt from previous works, now completely forgotten. In fact 
Vicvanitha seems to state this sities clearly in the introduction to 
his 3 Mildhdntamukttoal’ ~# 
fas fafaaafcaraattafadfantacmat fate: | 
fauciacarfa atqara aq ursttacarasas: 
Sel usual way of coustruing this passage is as follows :— 
I now propose to explain, by means of the very brief sentences of 
the. ancients, the memorial verses composed by myself, etc., 
: fawetacatfq. Thus the sentences of the 
ancients are to be ari in the explanation, z.e., in the Siddhan- 
tamuktavaJi. But seems it would be better to take 
ae with the word that precedes it and 
with the word that Pe va by what is called the ararfaareaaare. 
Every one will see that wfadfesfecHatat: faafatiaaticare et 
gives a better sense. For it clearly states the reason 
why the author himself should think it necessary to annotate his 
book The book contains extremely short sentences long current 
among men. The sentences are extremely short, and hence the 
author must himself ee them.. But why did he write such 
