ग) Do. Do. belonging to Mr. Sankara Bhattathiri, Kuzhikkattu Illam, Thukalasseri, Thiruvella.
(घ) Do. Do. belonging to Mr. Yajnasubrahmanya Srauti, Trivandrum.
(ङ) Do. Do. belonging to Mr. Thuppan Haridasan Numburipad, Ponnorkottu Mana, Netunthuruthi.
All these manuscripts are in Malayalam characters except the one marked घ which is in Tamil grantha.
This Vrtti differs in many places from that of Gargya Narayana published in the Bibliotheca Indica many years ago, in respect of the reading of the Sutras, the division of the Sutras and Khandas as well as the interpretation. From the simple and dignified nature of elucidation, the present Vrtti looks almost like a Bhasya; and Gargya Narayana who has not followed this Vrtti or made any mention of it in his commentary appears not to have seen it at all. The terse and beautiful style characteristic of Haradatta as found in his works viz., Padamanjari a commentary on the Kasika Vrtti, Mitaksara a Vrtti on the Gautama Dharma Sutra, and Srutisuktimala, is also observable throughout the Anavila; and from this it seems likely that Haradatta, the author of the Anavila, is no other person than the Author of the Padamanjari and other works.
Haradatta is quoted in the Purusakara (trivandrum Sanskrit Series No. 1) which is again referred to in the Dhatuvrtti of Madhavacarya. Since the date of Purusakara, as stated in our introduction to the work, is assigned to the 13th century A.D., Haradatta quoted in it should be earlier than that date. Saranadeva the author of the Durghatavrtti (Trivandrum Sanskrit Series No. 6) cites Jainendra and Kaiyata as authority but does not mention Haradatta or his Padamanjari. If Saranadeva had known of the Padamanjari which is in some respects as important a work in the grammatical literature as the Mahabhasya he would not have omitted to mention it in his Durgatavrtti; and from this it appears that Haradatta flourished later than Saranadeva. Saranadeva wrote his work, as he himself tells us in his work, in Saka 1095 corresponding to 1172 A.D. If Haradatta is posterior to Saranadeva, then his date falls at the close of the 12th century A.D.
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