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upon जगनाथ by Emperor Shah Jahan. In the भामिनीविलास he states that he passed his youth under the Delhi emperor (दिल्लीवल्लमपासिपल्लवतले नीतं नवीनं वयः). He bewails over the death of Asaf (in the आसफविलास), probably the favourite Khan Khanan of Shah Jahan, who died in 1641 A. D. and praises Dara, the son of Shah Jahan, in his जगदाभरण. Vide the verses सुषेब वाणी (on. p. 166 of रस०) and युक्त तु याते (p. 457) for भासफ० and the verse भूमीनाथ शहाबदीन for Shah Jahan (p. 210). A ms. of the चित्रमीमांसाखयडन is dated samvat 1709 (i. e. 1652-53 A. D.). Therefore, both the रसगङ्गाधर and चित्रमीमांसाखएडन were composed before 1650 and after 1641 A. D. and they are the products of a mature mind. Therefore, the literary activity of rara lies between 1620 and 1665 A. D. The same date of Jagannatha can be arrived at from another point of view. जगन्नाथ wrote the मनोरमाकुचमर्दिनी for criticizing the प्रौढमनोरमा of Bhattoji Diksita on the सिद्धान्तकौमुदी. A ms. of the प्राढमनोरमा at the B.O.R. I. (No. 657 of 1883-84 of D.C. Collection) is dated samvat 1713 (i. e. 1656-7 A.D.) and a ms. of शब्दकौस्तुम is dated 1633 A.D. नृसिहाश्रम, teacher of भट्टोजि, composed his तत्त्वविवेक in 1547 A.D., while Bhattoji's pupil नीलकण्ठशुक्ल wrote his शब्दशोभा in 1637 A.D. Therefore, मट्टोजि's literary activity may be placed somewhere between 1580 and 1630 A.D. भट्टोजि must be held to be about one generation earlier then जगन्नाथ, as the former was a pupil of शेषकृष्ण, while पेरुभट्ट and जगन्नाथ were pupils of शेषवीरेश्वर, son of शेषकृष्ण. Vide Prof. P. K. Gode in Annals of the Venkatesh Oriental Institute at Tirupati, vol. I. part 2 pp. 117-127 and his paper on 'Varadaraja and his works' in P. V. Kane Festschrift pp. 188-199. The story about Jagannatha's liason with a yavana damsel called Lavangi (in such verses as यवनी नवनीत0.) appears to be a myth spread by those who were offended by the biting tongue (or rather pen) of Jagannatha. Similarly, the story that old Appayya met Jagannatha at Benares and addressed to him the verse (which occurs in the रसग p. 421 'कि निःशङ्ं शोषे ... जननी जागर्ति जाहनवी निकटे ।' is without any warrant, as अप्पय्य never left South India in his old age (Gode, vol. II pp. 460 ff). HTIT is a very learned author and wrote commentaries on several Sastras, his special forte being व्याकरण and धर्मशास. He is removed by about two generations from &TWT4, as the following