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the Brahmasutras, his U pakramaparakrama which is
an elaborate discussion of the canons of Mimamsa as
applied to Vedt1nta, his Kuvalayananda, Chitramimamsa
and Vrittivartika which deal with Alankara or rhetoric,
his Vyakaral.la VtLdanakshatrawala treating of grammar
and his Ptlrvottaramimamsa, V tLdamkshu.trarruila
treating (If both the Mimttmsas, form certainly the
glorious and ever-enduring monuments of his versatile
genius. lndia can very well feel proud of one
who has contributed such classic works on so
many different subjects and has thereby ennobled
her already noble literature. She was perfectly justified
in counting Appaya Dikshita as one of the illustrious
galaxy of her brilliant sons--stars of the first magnitude
-who have made her literature what it is-the rich
heritage
Lnd the proud possession of the presnt genera-
tion of Hindus, and the wonder a,nd envy of the whole
civilised world.
.-ppaya Dikshita's compositions
1l'e numerous and
"c1ried H,nd several of these have not yet been published
in print. Among such hitherto unpublishf:d works we
bave to reckon this VtLdanakshatramfLla which consists
of :1 string of twenty-seven discw;;sions on various topicE
connected with either the MlmtLmsa or the Ved;mta
Philosophy, The sevora,l discussions will be founo
extremely interesting and the subjects treated of are n01
touched upon in any other treatise. The Dikshita him
self states in the opening verse of this book that tb
