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[ - § 83 Bopadeva's Mugdhabodha 105 tary on the Kumāra, and he is known to have been the protege of Hemädri, who was a minister (enda) to Mahadeva the Yadava king of Devagiri (1260-1271 A.D.), and to his successor Ramadeva. Bopadeva's father as well as teacher lived at a place called Sartha situated on the banks of the Varadā. He was thus a native of the Berars. Although born of Vaidya parents he bears the surname Gosvami or high priest. Bopadeva was a scholar of great renown and a voluminous writer. Besides the Mugdhabodha, Kavikalpadruma, and its commentary- the Kamadhenu-Bopadeva has written the Muktāphala and Harililāvivarana (both dealing with the Bhagavata- purāņa), a medical work called Sätaśloki, and a treatise on Dharmasastra.s 83. The object of Bopadeva's Mugdhabodha.-We have seen how various attempts were made quite early to improve upon Panini's grammar by making his rules more terse and accurate. Where these attempts were made in the way of värtikas or commentaries, they increased the student's difficulties rather than simplified them. And where attempts were made to establish a new school independently of Panini, the founders were in most cases the followers of some unorthodox church, so that the need of a fresh manual (as distinguished from a mere re- cast of old rules and terms) remained as pressing as ever. 1 Compare- per anar 2 from the r and fr if Agar usta -from the t- Stefazor. Dr. Bhandarkar's Early History of the Deccan, p. 89. 3 That Bopadeva did not write E4 [ Sk. Gr.] the Bhagavata can be proved from various arguments : amongst others the following quotation (g refera 1) from the (p. 63) of si- , edited (1909) by Ranga- charya, who tries to prove its genuineness.