भोजनकुतूहल: प्रथम भाग (रघुनाथ नवहस्त - आहार-रसायन, पाकशाला-व्यवस्था व विरुद्धाहार)

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भेषज्यतन्त्रमपि नैव कृतं स्वतन्त्रं
तेषां कृतेऽपि•चं. कृतं रघुनाथनाम्ना ॥
etc., we know that the author of the work is Raghunātha
Sūri. From the colophon of another work of this author by
name Prayogaratnabhūṣā 'इति श्रीमद्धरिहरमहात्मजरघुनाथसुतगणेश-
भट्टतनुज ............ देवीयरघुनाथोन्नीतकूतौ श्रौतप्रयोगरत्नभूषायां पुण्याह-
•वाचनादिपिण्डपितृयज्ञान्तो रत्नगुच्छः', it is seen that this
Raghunātha was the son of Gaṇeśabhaṭṭa, grandson of
Raghunātha and great-grandson of Harihara Bhaṭṭa, though
there is a lacuna between गणेशभट्टतनुज and रघुनाथोन्नीत in
the manuscript. There are several statements in the
works of the author to the effect that he belonged to
Anantadeva, for eg. अनन्तदेवीय, अनन्तदेवोदय, अनन्तदेवदत्तोदय,
अनन्तदेवदयात्मज. These, especially अनन्तदेवदयात्मज would seem
to indicate that the author's father was Anantadeva. But
this is in contradiction to the statement noticed above.
Moreover, Anantadeva is frequently spoken of by the
author as his Guru and the son of Āpadeva and grandson
of Anantadeva. Anantadeva therefore, cannot be the
author's father; he was in all possibility his Guru, and the
statements may be taken as indicative of his extreme regard
for him.
From certain letters of Saint Rāmdas addressed to
Raghunātha† we know that he belonged to the Vasiṣṭha
'अवादीद्यमनन्तेन गुरुणा करुणाब्धिना ।'
'इति श्रीमत्सकलभूमण्डलमण्डनायमानश्रीमदनन्तदेवात्मज-श्रीमदापदेव-तत्सुत-
श्रीमदनन्तदेवदयोदयस्य रघुनाथार्विदुषः कृतौ धर्मामृतमहोदधिनिबन्चने
गोदानविधिः ''
इति श्रीमद्वारिधिवेलावलायितेलावलयवर्ति-विद्वन्मण्डलीमण्डनायमान-श्रीमदन-
न्तदेवोदयस्य रघुनाथविदुषः कृतौ प्रायश्चित्तकुतूहले ... ...'' etc.
Vide P. K. Gode's paper 'The identification of Raghunatha'
in the Journal of the Sarasvatimahal Library, Tanjore.
(Vol. III, No. 1.)