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MADHURAVIJAYAM
under the patronage of Sangama and Bukka I also.
The Prataparudrayaṣōbhushaṇa was among his noted
works. The authorship of this is attributed to Vidya-
nātha whom we could easily identify with Agastya from
a verse in the Prataparudiya.¹5 Possibly Vidyānātha
was a title conferred on poet Agastya in recognition of
his talents. Of the seventy four works attributed to
him a few are extant. These are the Bālabhārata (a
poem, not a campu, as has been erroneously stated by
both Dr. S. K. Iyengar and Mr. Burnell), Krishnacarita,
the Nalakirtikaumudi, the Lakşmi Stotra, the Sivāstava,
the Lalita Sahasranāmam, the Manipariksha, the Siva
Samhita and the Sakalādhikara. Agastya seems to have
distinguished himself as a writer of excellent prose also.
16
Agastya's nephew Gangadhara was a dramatist
and wrote at least three plays, the Mahābhārata, the
Candra Vilasa and the Raghavabudhayam. Gangā Dēvi
greets him, appropriately enough, as the second Vyasa
who made the Bharata story visually enjoyable.¹
Visvanatha and Narasimha were the two talented sons
of Gangadhara. We do not know why Gangā Dēvi has
omitted to mention Narasimha. Narasimha dramatised
the Kadambari into a play in eight acts. Visvanātha
was a contemporary of Agastya and graced the court of
Prataparudradēva about the same time as Agastya.
That both Agastya and Visvanātha influenced Ganga
Dēvi not only by the models of literary works they sup-
plied but also perhaps directly may be inferred from
Gangā Dēvi's style. Her poetry shows no small in-
fluence of Agastya and her style, though undoubtedly
15. The verse begins with the words aunnatyam yadi varnayaté
sikharinah etc.
16. Madhurāvijayam, canto 1, sloka 15.
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MADHURAVIJAYAM
under the patronage of Sangama and Bukka I also.
The Prataparudrayaṣōbhushaṇa was among his noted
works. The authorship of this is attributed to Vidya-
nātha whom we could easily identify with Agastya from
a verse in the Prataparudiya.¹5 Possibly Vidyānātha
was a title conferred on poet Agastya in recognition of
his talents. Of the seventy four works attributed to
him a few are extant. These are the Bālabhārata (a
poem, not a campu, as has been erroneously stated by
both Dr. S. K. Iyengar and Mr. Burnell), Krishnacarita,
the Nalakirtikaumudi, the Lakşmi Stotra, the Sivāstava,
the Lalita Sahasranāmam, the Manipariksha, the Siva
Samhita and the Sakalādhikara. Agastya seems to have
distinguished himself as a writer of excellent prose also.
16
Agastya's nephew Gangadhara was a dramatist
and wrote at least three plays, the Mahābhārata, the
Candra Vilasa and the Raghavabudhayam. Gangā Dēvi
greets him, appropriately enough, as the second Vyasa
who made the Bharata story visually enjoyable.¹
Visvanatha and Narasimha were the two talented sons
of Gangadhara. We do not know why Gangā Dēvi has
omitted to mention Narasimha. Narasimha dramatised
the Kadambari into a play in eight acts. Visvanātha
was a contemporary of Agastya and graced the court of
Prataparudradēva about the same time as Agastya.
That both Agastya and Visvanātha influenced Ganga
Dēvi not only by the models of literary works they sup-
plied but also perhaps directly may be inferred from
Gangā Dēvi's style. Her poetry shows no small in-
fluence of Agastya and her style, though undoubtedly
15. The verse begins with the words aunnatyam yadi varnayaté
sikharinah etc.
16. Madhurāvijayam, canto 1, sloka 15.
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