[ - § 36 Abridgements and Manuals 51 34. Abridgements and Manuals.-Prominent among these are the abridgements of the Siddhanta-Kaumudi itself by Varadaraja. There are three editions of them-a madhya-, a laghu-, and a săra-Siddhantakaumudi,-the difference consisting only in the more or less thorough eschewing of unnecessary details. Strange as it may seem, even these epitomes stood in need of commentaries for their further simplification, or rather the reverse of it. The major abridgment was commented upon by Rama- sarman at the request of one Sivananda; the middle one by a Jayakrishna, son of Raghunathabhatta and grandson of Govardhanabhatta of the Mauni family. There are a few other easy texts framed independently of the Siddhänta- kaumudi, but they hardly deserve special mention. The last stage of this progressive simplification is perhaps reached when we come to works such as Rupavali, Samasachakra, etc. 35. Later history of treatises accessory to Panlui's grammar.- It only remains now, finally, to speak of the further history of the treatises accessory to Panini's grammar mentioned by us on pages 25 and following of this essay. These works, although originally framed for a particular system,had so much in common with other schools of grammar that they have been transferred with very little modifications from one school to another. The successive stages of this process deserve to be made the subject of an independent study; we cannot in this place afford to dwell on them at any length. We shall only allude to a few notable works in each line. 36. Dhātupāṭha The Dhätupatha as we find it embodi- ed in the Paniniya system was commented upon by 1 The far fr has a similar abridgment calld, the work of one of the pupils of the author, , and written in A, D. 1631 (?).
