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पुरुषोत्तमदेव (puruSottamadeva)

 
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
पुरुषोत्तमदेव king of Tīrabhukti, son of Bhairava. His
mother Jayā Mahādevī was patroness of Vācaspati-
miśra (Dvaitanirṇaya). Oxf. 273^a.
पुरुषोत्तमदेव poet. Skm. Padyāvalī.
पुरुषोत्तमदेव grammarian and lexicographer. In the Hārā-
valī he states that Janamejaya and Dhṛtisiṃha were
his contemporaries:
Ūṣmabheda.
Ekākṣarakośa.
Kārakacakra.
Jakārabheda.
Jñāpakasamuccaya.
Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.
Dvirūpakośa.
Dvyarthakośa.
Paribhāṣārthamañjarīvivaraṇa.
Paribhāṣāvṛtti.
Bhāṣāvṛtti.
Varṇadeśanā.
Śabdabhedaprakāśakośa.
Sakārabheda.
Hārāvalī.
पुरुषोत्तमदेव
Gopālārcanavidhi.
पुरुषोत्तमदेव a Gajapati ruler of Orissa:
Abhinavagītagovinda.
पुरुषोत्तमदेव
Bhagavannāmamāhātmya.
Abhyankara Grammar
English
पुरुषोत्तमदेव a famous grammarian believed to have been a Buddhist, who flourished in the reign of Lakșmaņasena in the latter half of the twelfth century in Bengal. Many works on grammar are ascribed to him, the prominent ones among which are the Bhā- șāvŗtti and the Paribhāșāvŗtti, the Gaņavŗtti and the Jñapaka- samuccaya and a commentary on the Mahābhāșya called Prāņa- paņā of which only a fragment is available. Besides these works on grammar, he has written some lexicographical works of which Hārāvalī, Trikāņdaśeșa, Dvirūpa- kosa, and Ekaaksarakosa are the prominent ones. The Bhasvrtti has got a lucid commentary on it written by Srstidhara.