The Manidarpana (मणिदर्पणः)

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मणिदर्पणः (The Manidarpana)The present work manidarpana (shabdaparichheda) written by the the great naiyaika Rajachudamanimakhin. This book is very useful to understand the Chintamani written by Gangeshopadhyaya. This commentary clarifies the siddhantas that are very tough to understand from Chintamani.

Manidarpana was written in lucid manner for the sake of students. The famous author Rajachudamani Dikshita has also written a commentary called Tantra sikhamani on [Kumarila’s Tantravarttika on] Jaimini’s Purvamimansa sutras. We have in our possession the 7th, 8th, 9th chapters. In the beginning of the 7th chapter, the author states the date of the composition of the commentary.