xxix or Lingabhaṭṭa, and his work is popularly known as Linga- (Linga) bhattiyam. From the Telugu meanings that he adds to the terms in the Vanauṣadhivarga of Kända II and from the fact that most of the MSS. containing his comm. are in the Telugu script, he may be considered to have been a native of Andhradeśa. His father's name was Vangala Kāmaya Bhaṭṭa according to the colophons.. In the introductory verses of his comm. Sūrin speaks respectfully of Kṣīrasvamin and others whose works he carefully considered before writing his own. INTRODUCTION पदवाक्यप्रमाणज्ञैः क्षीरस्वाम्या दिसूरिभिः । कृतान् ग्रन्थान् समालोच्य (p. 1) Svämin's date is known to be the second half of the 11th cent. as he quotes Bhoja (11th cent.)¹ and is in turn cited by Vardhamāna (12th cent.)2 in his Ganaratnamahodadhi.³ Sūrin also quotes Bhojaraja's views when he explains the words to denote the Gandharva-s Hãhã Hūhū as they were considered indeclinables by him. हाहा हूहू इत्यालापानुकारात् नामद्वयम् | एकनामेत्येके | अव्ययाविति भोजराजः । (p. 37) Thus the lower limit of Sūrin's date may be considered as A.D. 1150. Malli. whose period may be assigned approximately to the 14th cent.4 is greatly influenced by Sūrin as can be inferred from a number of identical lines in the works of both and from his express mention of the Linga (Linga) bhaṭṭiyam (p. 144). He quotes with approval some of Sūrin's explanations, though he does not mention the source by name. Describing indra- yudha (rainbow) he gives almost the same line as Sūrin. 1 Keith, History of Skt. Literature p. 292. 2 A.D. 1140, S. K. Belvalkar, Systems of Skt. Grammar, p. 53. 3 Ak., K. G. Oka's ed., Introd. p. 4 For a discussion on his date, see p. xlvii below.
