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4. That of Hari Ndtli Tdrkasiddhdnta. Here there were thirteen 

 students, ten of whom were bidegi, i. e., five from Midnapore, four 

 from Mithila, and one from Nepal. 



5. That of Krishna Kdnta Ciroratna. Here there were two 

 students, both from Jessore. 



6. That of Brahmacrama Swdmi, a dandi Goswami. 



He had lately had seven students, but only one was with him 

 at the time of my visit. His former house was destroyed by an in- 

 undation of the river. Before him it had been occupied by a very 

 celebrated dandi named Swayam Prakaca ; and tradition reports that 

 it was at that house that the once projected College of Nuddea was to 

 have been established. 



Thus at the time of my visit I found only twelve toles. Professor 

 Wilson in 1829 appears to have found twenty-five ! 



Besides these regular toles, there is also an udasin or ascetic re- 

 cluse from Pooree, named Kaci Natk Qastri, w h teaches Vedanta to 

 the students of other toles : — 



The following are some of the celebrated pandits in Nuddea 

 without toles. 



1. Lai Mohan Vidyabhushan. 



2. Nanda Kumar Vidyabhushan. These two are very learned in 



Smriti. 

 The following are piofounlly versed in Nyaya : — 



3. Umacharan Tarkaratna, 



4. Rajnarayana Nyayabhushan. 



5. Nilmani Sarvabhaunia. 



6. Surya Kanta Vidyalankar. 



7. Baghumani Tarkapanchanan. 



8. Uma Kanta Nyayaratna. 



9. Purushottam Nyayaratna, 



Of course there are also many toles in the villages round Nuddea, 

 these I did not visit ; but I particularly heard of that of Lakshmi 

 Kanta Nyayabhushan, the purohit or family priest of the Maharajah. 

 He teaches Smriti at Barigachhi, about ten miles to the north of 

 Nuddea. I also heard a good deal of the Nyaya tole of Prasanna 

 Chandra Nyayaratna at Belpokhar, three kroses north of Nuddea. 

 This Pandit was one of the six who signed the petition to the 



