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INTRODUCTION 29 Sankara, the L艒k膩yatikas, a sect of the Ch膩rv膩kas, in his
work. Sripati's references to Buddha, R膩m膩nuja and
Madhva and their Siddhantas will be found detailed at
some length below. Sripati also mentions Nilakantha
Bhagavatp膩da, Ghant膩n膩da and Jy艒tirmatha (Adhy膩ya
I, P膩da I, S奴tra 21, page 74, line 30).
Nilakantha is further referred to below. As to
Ghant膩n膩da, not much is known. The term, however,
appears as a title of Panta Mail膩ra, described as the
great-grandson of S奴ra, grandson of P艒ta and the son
of Mumb膩mba and Mummad墨ndra, a brave lieutenant of
Prat膩pa-D膿va-Raya II in battle. At the request of this
Mail膩ra, who, by the way, has been identified with the chief
of the name mentioned by Sr墨n膩tha in one of his Ch膩tu
verses, D膿va-Raya II made a grant, dated on the Sivar膩tri
day of the month of Magha in the year K墨laka in Saka 1351
(A.D. 1429). Another grant in his favour was made on
the 11th day of the bright fortnight of Magha of the
year Subhakrit, Saka 1404 (A.D. 1482) by D膿va-R膩ya,
who is here spoken of as Praudha-D膿va-Raya. If the title
Ghant膩n膩da is identical with this title, Ghant膩n膩da should
be taken to be a great religious teacher who lived long be-
fore the 15th century A.D., and whose fame was such that
his name came to be assumed as a title by Saiva Chiefs in
later times (see Sewell's List of Antiquities, C. P. No. 87;
also Butterworth and Venugopal Chetty, Nellore Inscrip-
tions, C.P. No. 18; M.E.R. No. 211 of 1894). The Jy艒tir-
matha referred to is quite an ancient system of thought to
which we have references in the Bhagavad-Gita and the
Uttararama Charita (Bhagavad-Gita, V. 24 and XIII. 17;
Uttararama Charita, IV. 18). According to this school of
thought, Light is regarded as the Supreme Spirit, the Light
referred to being the Light of Brahman. In this school,
light is the divine principle of life and of intelligence.
The Author's Date.
As regards the period of time to which Sripati, the
Commentator, should be assigned, it has been pointed out