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Ramaāmāyana, Mahaābhaārata, Puraānas and the Vaishnava

Āgamas.
Agamas. Again while touring in the North, last winter.

I found another MSS. in the Kailaāsa Mutt near Hrishl-

kesa in the Himaālayas. The author of this Vyaākhya is one
ā is one
Mahaādeva and he clearly follows Sri Sankara's Bhashya.
āshya.
In this edition I have added only the former, the verse

Vyaākhyaā, i.e., the Naāmakärikå, since it includes all the

different explanations of the names given by the various
commentators.
 

commentators.
 
The Bhashyas. Paraāsara Bhatta's Bhaāshya is spread

among the followers of Visishtaādvaita, chiefly in the South.

A Telugu edition of it was edited, I believe, by the late

Yogi Parthasarathy Avyangar of Triplicane, a real devotee

of our Lord Vishnu, a quarter of a century ago, and contains

all that a critical student wants to know. It completely

traces out all the grammatical forms of the names with their

respective references. It is a very useful book and an

English translation of it may be made with advantage.
 

 
According to the "Catalogus Catalogorum," the last of

which appeared in 1903, the following commentaries on

these hymns were known :
 

 
1. Brihat Bhashya.

2. Vishnu Vallabha.
 

3. By Anandatirtha.
 

4. By Krishnananda.
 

5. By Gangadhara Yogindra.
 

6. By Parasara Bhatta or Sriranga Bhatta.
 

7. By Mahadevavedantin.
 

8.
 
By Ranganathacharya.
 

9. By Ramanandatirtha.
 

10. By Sri Ramanuja.
 

11. By Vidyaranyatirtha.
 

12. By Brahmananda Bharati (like No. 9).
 

13. By Sri Sankaracharya.