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that is, Vidyavacaspati, who must have been a venerable old 

 man by this time, had the dust of his feet come in contact with 

 the crest-gems of the ruler of Gauda. 



But I was on the look-out for a date of Visvanatha himself. 

 And this has, fortunately, been furnished by a manuscript in the 

 recent collection acquired for Government. The manuscript 

 contains a copy of Visvanatha 's Vrtti commentary on the Gau- 

 tama-Sutras. At the end of the work there are three verses by 

 Visvanatha himself. These are : — 





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The work was composed by Visvanatha, in conformity 

 with the teachings of Raghunatha Siromani, who was a votary 

 of Krsna, at Vrndavana, in the Saka year 1556= 1034 A.D. 



So what Raya Rajendra Sastri regretted as absolutely 

 unknown sixyearsago, is nowfully known. The authorof Bhasa- 

 pariccheda retired in his old age to Vrndavana and wrote his 

 vrtti in 1634, while residing there. This also proves that he 

 was a direct disciple of Siromani, the founder of the Xavadvlpa 

 school .of Nyaya, and that Siromani himself was a Vaisnava. 



That Visvanatha was a pupil of Siromani is extremely 

 probable. Visvanatha's grandfather Vidyavacaspati, and 

 Vasudeva Sarvabhauma, were two brothers. Siromani was a 

 pupil of Sarvabhauma. So Siromani was an elder eoni mporary 

 of Visvanatha and probably his teacher. Siromani lived at 

 Navadvipa. Vasudeva, in his old age, i tired to Purf where 

 his descendants held high offices under the Hindu Raja. 

 Vidyavacaspati and his son Vidyiinivasa lived always at 



