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Opinion of Mahamahopadhyaya Sastra Kalanidhi

Pro. S. Kuppuswami Sastrigal, M. A., I. E. S., Prof. of Sanskrit

& Comparative Philology, Presidency College, Madras.
 

 
I have perused with Care Brahmasri Chinnaswami Sastri's Commen-

tary-Saravivechini-on Apadeva's Nyayaprakasa, published as No. 25 of the

Kashi Sanskrit Series, from the Chowkhamba Press, Benares, Mimamsa

soholars know well that the text of Apadeva's Nyayaprakasa, which

is generaly studied by those who seek to be introduced to the study of

Purva-Mimamsa, has been felt by students to be rather difficult in several

places, more especially for want of a suitable and reliable commentary.

This long felt desideratum has now been satisfactorily supplied by Brah-

masri Chinnaswami Sastri, in his able and lucid commentary-Sara.

vivechini,
 

 
So far two commentaries have been published on the Apadeviya:-

one by Mahamahopadhyaya Sri Krishnanatha Nyaya Panchanana, who

died a few years ago, and the other called Bhattalankara by Ananta-

deva-Apadeva's son. It may well be said that Brahmasri Chinnaswami

Sastri's Saravivechini is the best and most trustworthy commentary so far

available on the Apadeviya. It is written in a lucid style and contains

satisfactory explanations of important passages and principles. Its/value

to a student of the Mimamsa-Sastra is, in particular, enhanced by the

way in which its author has brought to bear on his work, his sound

scholarship in Mimamsa and his experience as Professor of Mimamsa for

several years as may be easily made ont from the intelligible expositions

in the commentary of relevant Sruti texts and Srauta topics and

from the Sacrifical chart appended to it. In conclusion I cannot

resist the temptation to say that the feeling of pride which I have

cherished in my good fortune to be able to own scholars of Brahmasri

PEN

Chinnaswami Sastri's type as my former pupils, is now being justified,

in a very gratifying manner by their work as successful teachers and

authors.
 

 
Dated 31 May 1926.
 

 
(Sd) S. KUPPUSWAMI SASTRI