Keśavas, as also those with surnames and titles, are first given below in the order of ancestors, grandfathers, fathers, sons, brothers, teachers and patrons of a.s and authorities q. by a.s.

an alias of Bhāskara Bhaṭṭa, ancestor of Keśavadāsa alias Khuśālirāma.

See cols. to Ahalyākāmadhenu of the latter, Poona Ori. VI. p. 31.

father of Nṛhari; grandfather of Kṛṣṇa of Kuṇḍina (NCC. IV. p. 286a) and great grandfather of Ānandavana (a. of C. Ānandanidhi on Rāmottaratāpanīyopaniṣad. See Weber 360. NCC. II. p. 113b).

of Upamanyugotra; father of Vācaspatimiśra and grandfather of Lakṣmīdāsa (a. of C. Gaṇitatattvacintāmaṇi on Siddhāntaśiromaṇi, composed in 1501 A. D., IO. 2851).

father of Śiva and grandfather of Nāgeśa (a. of Grahaprabodha, BBRAS. 232).

of Ātreyagotra; grandfather of Ḍhuṇḍḥirāja (a. of Grahamaṇi, RASB. X. 6848, which mentions the year 1589 A. D.).

of Kāśyapagotra, father of Nāgadeva and grandfather of Śrīpati (a. of Jyotiṣaratnamālā).

See Gode, Stud. in Ind. Lit. Hist. I. pp. 415-16. [Page054-a]

I father of Ananta of Laugākṣī family; grandfather of Keśava II (a. of Nṛsiṁhacampū).

See below.

father of Ananta and grandfather of Rudra (a. of Rāṣṭrauḍhavaṁśakāvya, GOS. V and Jahāṅgīraśāha-caritra).

See De & Das Gupta, A History of Skt. Lit. p. 360; NCC. I. Revised edn. p. 160b.

or kRSNa father of Brahmā and grandfather of Maheśvara (a. of Viśvaprakāśa, written in 1111 A. D. BBRAS. 107. Weber 1705).

See NCC. IV. p. 286b, Kṛṣṇa, sixth entry.

father of Arjuna and grandfather of Harivyāsamiśra (a. of Vṛttamuktāvalī, composed in 1574 A. D., Weber 814).

See NCC. I. p. 282a.

father of Sadānanda and grandfather of Keśava Bhaṭṭa (a. of Sāṅkhyārthatattvapradīpikā, Hall p. 7).

father of Ratneśvara and grandfather of Vaidyanātha (a. of Saṁsthā Vaidyanātha, śr. RASB. II. 1142).

Cf. Keśava, father of Ratneśvaramiśra, p. 56b.

son of Hīrānanda, grandson of Jagadīśamiśra; father of Icchārāma and grandfather of Śivadattamiśra (a. of Uttarapakṣāvalī, Skt. Coll. Ben. 1909, p. 2 (no. 1787)).

See NCC. II. pp. 245a, 305b.

of Bhāradvājagotra; father of Bhaṇḍāra Viṭṭhala and grandfather of Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa alias Lakṣmaṇa (first quarter of 16th Cent.) mentioned in the latter's Saṅgītasūryodaya.

See V. Raghavan, ‘Later Saṅgīta Literature’, J. of Music Academy, [Page054-b] Madras, IV. pp. 12-13; Sangeet Natak Akademi Bulletin no. 17, July 1960, pp. 12-13.

of Rāyalūri family and of Kauśikagotra; father of Rāmānujārya and grandfather of Kandālayārya.

See NCC. III. p. 146a.

of Bhāradvājagotra, native of Kāmpilya, father of Devadatta and grandfather of Bhūdharasūri (a. of C. on Sūryasiddhānta, MT. 363).

father of Dhanarāja (a. of Āhnikacandrikā).

See NCC. II. p. 238b.

a Nāgara; father of Govinda (a. of Karṣādipramāṇa. med. TD. 11288).

of the Ravikara family of Mithilā (wife Sonodevī); father of Govinda Ṭhakkura (a. of C. Kāvyapradīpa on Kāvyaprakāśa [q. in Prabhākara's Rasapradīpa written in 1583 A. D.]), Rucikara (poet) and Śrī Harṣa (different from a. of Naiṣadhīyacarita).

See Hall p. 206; S. K. De, Skt. Poe. I. p. 175; NCC. IV. p. 95a.

father of Gopāladāsa (a. of Cikitsāmṛta etc.) and grandfather of Gaṅgādāsa (a. of Chandomañjarī etc.) (C. 1350-1400 A. D.); mentioned in the beginning of Cikitsāmṛta.

See IHQ. XXIV. pp. 318-9.

father of Lakṣmīdhara (a. of Daivajñamanohara, jy., Hpr. IV. 127).

father of Mm. Govinda (a. of Pūjāpradīpa, Mithilā II. 264. Nepal II. p. 67).

See Nepal II. preface p. xxxii. Govinda wrote at the instance of Bhavānandarāya, probably ruler of Nadia in the 17th Cent. [Page055-a]

of Kāṇvavastugrāma; father of Nārāyaṇa (a. of Muhūrtadīpaka, GD. 911-12).

of Peṭapadra; of Vatsagotra surnamed Kaṇḍūlaka; father of Raghunātha (a. of Varṣaphala, BBRAS. 327).