called the _Bhamati._ Amalananda
(1247--1260 A.D.) wrote his _Kalpataru_ on it, and Apyayadik@sita
(1550 A.D.) son of Ra@ngarajadhvarindra of Kanci wrote his
_Kalpataruparimala_ on the _Kalpataru._ Another disciple of S'a@nkara,
Padmapada, also called Sanandana, wrote a commentary on it
known as _Pancapadika_. From the manner in which the book is
begun one would expect that it was to be a running commentary
on the whole of S'a@nkara's bhasya, but it ends abruptly at the
end of the fourth sutra. Madhava (1350), in his _S'a@nkaravijaya,_
recites an interesting story about it. He says that Sures'vara received
S'a@nkara's permission to write a varttika on the bhasya.
But other pupils objected to S'a@nkara that since Sures'vara was
formerly a great Mima@msist (Ma@n@dana Misra was called Sures'vara
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a good _varttika_ on the bha@sya. Sures'vara, disappointed, wrote
a treatise called _Nai@skarmyasiddhi._ Padmapada wrote a @tika
but this was burnt in his uncle's house. S'a@nkara, who had once
seen it, recited it from memory and Padmapada wrote it down.
Prakas'atman (1200) wrote a commentary on Padmapada's _Pancapadika_
known as _Pancapadikavivara@na. _Akha@n@dananda wrote
his _Tattvadipana,_ and the famous N@rsi@mhas'rama Muni (1500)
wrote his _Vivara@nabhavaprakas'ika_ on it. Amalananda and
Vidyasagara also wrote commentaries on _Pancapadika,_ named
_Pancapadikadarpa@na_ and _Pancapadika@tika_ respectively, but
the _Pancapadikavivara@na_ had by far the greatest reputation.
Vidyara@nya who is generally identified by some with Madhava
(1350) wrote his famous work _Vivara@naprameyasa@mgraha_ [Footnote ref 1],
elaborating the ideas of _Pancapadikavivara@na_; Vidyara@nya
wrote also another excellent work named _Jivanmuktiviveka_ on
the Vedanta doctrine of emancipation. Sures'vara's (800 A.D.)
excellent work _Nai@skarmyasiddhi_ is probably the earliest independent
treatise on S'a@nkara's philosophy as expressed in his
bha@sya. It has been commented upon by Jnanottama Mis'ra.
Vidyara@nya also wrote another work of great merit known as
_Pancadas'i,_ which is a very popular and illuminating treatise in
verse on Vedanta. Another important work written in verse on
the main teachings of S'a@nkara's bha@sya is _Sa@mk@sepas'ariraka_,
written by Sarvajnatma Muni (900 A.D.). This has also been
commented upon by Ramatirtha. S'rihar@sa (1190 A.D.) wrote
his _Kha@n@danakha