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Rāmāyana, Mahābhārata, Purānas and the Vaishnava
Āgamas. Again while touring in the North, last winter.
I found another MSS. in the Kailāsa Mutt near Hrishl-
kesa in the Himālayas. The author of this Vyākhyā is one
Mahādeva and he clearly follows
In this edition I have added only the former, the verse
Vyākhyā, i.e., the Nāmak
different explanations of the names given by the various
commentators.
The Bhashyas. Parāsara Bhatta's Bhāshya is spread
among the followers of Visishtādvaita, 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.