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The Candrāloka defines, exxix
 
The Candraloka defines, explains and illustrates 4 figures of sound

and 100 figures of sense.
 

 
17. Ekaāvaliī (or The Necklace) : Vidyadharaādharā's (13th century AD)

Ekāvalī is divided into 8 chapters and written in the traditional
method of su
method of sūtra, vṛtti and udāharaṇa (ie definitions, their explana-

tions and illustrations). One special feature of this treatise is that

all the illustrations composed by the poet himself are written in

praise of his patron king Narasimṃha of Utkal (Orissa). Its commen-

tary entilled Tarala comes from the pen of the famous commenta-

tor Mallinātha (14th-15th century AD). Vidyaādhara is a follower of

Ruyyaka's Alamṃkāra-sarvasva in his treatment of figures. He defines,

explains and illustrates 4 figures of sound and 100 figures of sense.
 

 
18. Prataāparudra-yasśobhūṣaṇa (or Ornamental glory of

Prataāparudra): This treatise wirtten in the traditional format (ie

kārikā, vṛtti and udāharaṇa) is authored by Vidyānātha, a court poet

of Prataāparudra (1275-1325 AD), king of Varangala. In his treat-

ment of the topics of poetics, the author follows Mammața,

Ruyyaka and Jayadeva. Like Vidyaādhara's Ekaāvalī the illustrative

verses of this work are composed by the author himself and are

related to the royal glories of his patron king. Its commentary

Ratnapanāpaṇa is written by Kumarasvāmin, son of the renowned

scholar Mallinātha.
 
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19. Sāhityadarpaṇa : (or The Mirror of Poetry): Viśvanātha

(1300-1380 AD) a poet, an erudite scholar and a rhetor, is the

author of Saāhityadarpana. He was a resident of the utkala province

and held high office in the court of a kalinga king. A good number

of works (such as epics, long poems, drama, a polyglot dictionary

in 16 languages and a commentary on Mammața's Kāvyaprakāśa)

have been ascribed to him, but all these are unfortunately lost. The

Saāhityadarpaṇa, a voluminous work in 10 chapters is more or less a

compilation of the different views and principal theories of

Sanskrit poetics without any oroiginal contribution of his owon. But

in spite of the fact the book became very much popular as a stan-

dard text of literary criticism in Sanskrit and it is at present, as it

was previously, an indispensible text for Sanskrit students and
 
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