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successful teacher. His private pupils have passed the Sans- 

 krit Title Examinations in various subjects and won the first 

 rank from time to time. He is also a general referee on diffi- 

 cult points connected with Sanskrit Literature. He has writ- 

 ten a Bhasya or commentary on the Grihya Sutras (Aphorisms 

 of Gobhila), a work of rare merit, which the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal have published at their own expense. He has also 

 published various highly meritorious works in Sanskrit and 

 Bengali. He has been a great acquisition to the College, and 

 the vast reputation which he enjoys for learning and erudition 

 has naturally reflected upon it. It may also be mentioned that 

 the private pupils of the Professor have followed him here from 

 Mymensing. The number ranges from 10 to 20, whom he not 

 only teaches, but also supports according to the traditions of 

 the Tola system " 



2. 



Mitra's articles in the Hindu 



Patriot (1886) : — 'He knows no assumption of dignity and 

 display of learning. Gentle as a child, shy by nature, and eco- 

 nomic in his speech, he can nowhere produce an impression. 

 He has, however, that in him which lew of our Pundits can boast 

 of, a thorough mastery over the ancient classics of our native 

 land, and those who know it cannot fail to evince for him 

 every mark of respect. His profession is the discrimination of 

 the higher branches of Sanskrit literature. He owed a tol for 

 many years, and is now employed as a professor in the Sanskrit 

 College of Calcutta ; but this occupation never satisfied his mind. 

 His ambition has always been to contribute to the elucidation of 

 Sanskrit learning by writing learned dissertations, and many are 

 the works which have emanated from his prolific pen. Some years 

 ago he published an exegesis of the Gobhiliya Grihya Sutra, 

 which compares well with the best works of its class published 

 by mediaeval authors. It displays a thorough knowledge of, 

 and perfect mastery over, the Smriti Literature of the Brah- 

 mans. Soon after that work he brought out an epic poem 

 which presented in manuscript would have passed for a frag- 

 ment of some ancient poet whose writings cast such a halo on 

 Sanskrit Literature. He has just published a book which is 

 likely to put its mark upon the year. It is an exegesis on the 



Kanada on the Vaicesika or Atomic philosophy 



is our metaphysicians devoted 



scant attention to it ; none taught it in the tols of the country. 



the fact that, though acknowledged to be 

 one of the six leading systems of philosophy, the Vaicesika 

 never had a regular formal Bhasya or commentary, as the 

 other systems have Under these circum- 

 stances the new work of Professor Chandrakanta Tarkalankara 

 may be looked upon as suppyling a want, and the learning and 

 thorough mastery of the subject which have been brought to 



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