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Systems of Sanskrit Grammar § 96 - 1 Jivagosvamin's Harināmāmṛita varies only slightly from the above. A third Vaishnava grammar called Chaitanyamrita is likewise mentioned by Colebrooke.' 114 Most of these grammars were intended to appeal to a very small community. There are consequently no com- mentaries or supplements handed down in connection with them. The few that exist do not call for any speci- al mention. These grammars are at present in use among the Vaishnavas of Bengal. 97. Prabodhaprakasa.-There are reported to have been in existence similar sectarian works of the Saiva or sākta schools, of which the Prabodhaprakasa is one It is uncer- tain and immaterical as to whether the Vaishnavas or the Saivas are to be credited with the invention of this in- genious sectarian device. We may suppose that the beginning having been once made by Bopadeva, who was a after, little remained but to stretch the thing still further. The author of the Prabodhaprakāśa is Balaramapan- chanana, probably a Brahman by caste, about whose time and place no information has come down to us. In his works he designated the vowels by Siva, so that we read in his work of fauteuvą, arzuzagi@fara, forated etc. Here is one of his sütras Gugat kat gun:, which is explained dangauidi e quang A Dhatuprakāśa is also attributed to this author. It is clear that works which carry things to such an extreme can claim the only merit of doggedly carrying an idea through. It may therefore be excused if no further at- tempt is made to sketch out the history of such schools, for the simple reason that they have no history. 1 Miscellaneous Essays, vol. i. p. 48.