1894.] U. C. Batavyal— Cojpper-plate Grant of Dharmapcila. 59 
In another genealogical work called KulaRama, he is called 
MIMTTTW I 
The title Bhatta could be added either at tlie beginning or at the 
end of the name proper, and it would be correct to speak of him 
either as Bhatta Narayana or Narayana Bhatta. Indeed in some MSS. 
of the VenI Sariihara the author is called MITT^HT MI, while in others he 
is called »?I MTTTM^H. Numerous instances can be cited where the title 
Bhatta comes after the name proper. Thus, 3<TT^T Mf, 
• ^ 
HI, &c., &c. The third in descent from Bhatta Narayana was a person¬ 
age who bore the name of ^TMMfw Mil 
Kulluka Bhatta, the famous commentator of the Institutes of Manu, 
in describing his own genealogy, writes as follows :— 
MT^T siT^IT 
ftM^ MI I 
Thus, while the father was called Bhatta Divakara,. the son was 
called Kulluka Bhatta. \ 
The next point is the connection between Bhatta and Bhattaraka. 
Here I may quote the authority of Dr. Rajendra Lala Mitra, that 
Bhatta and Bhattaraka are really interchangeable terms. That learned 
scholar in translating the copper-plate grant of Narayana Pala, ren¬ 
dered the f?pr of thnt plate as piva Bhatta. See Indo-Aryans, 
Yol. II, p. 274. I however, do not follow him blindly. *?i, *THT, MITT3T 
and Mffft form a group of words with a common root. Grammarians 
by no means agree about the correct root. About the signification of 
the words, however, there is no difference of opinion. Bhatta means a 
Pandit learned in the Veda: it also means a lord. The late Professor 
Taranatha Tarkavacaspati defined the meaning thus: 
qfqjil ^ | The same authority derives MITT thus : MI ^TfM^ 
which means one who obtains lordship, and he gives the meaning as 
xr% The word MHT«fi is the same as MITT with a 3T, i. e„ with a 3T 
which does not change its meaning at all. According to the Amara 
Kosa TT^TT MHW are synonymous words. Professor Tarkavacaspati 
adds that this use of the word is mostly confined to dramatic speech, 
and we find that in this sense, it has been applied to the grantor 
Dharma Pala in our copper-plate. According to the MedinI (as 
quoted by the same learned Professor) MllT^f also means a or a 
pious Brahmana; and therefore, in the copper-plate we find it equally 
applied to the grantee Narayana. The real connection between the 
words Ml and MlTT^i however is disclosed by the feminine form >rfi^4 
which is thus described by Professor Tarkavacaspati: Mfl^ft ^ft® M# 
