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age. It was at his instance that he composed his masterpiece Pra-
kriyâsarvasva, a voluminous Vyakarana work, which is said to
have elicited unstinted praise from the great Bhottoji Dikshita.
The following works are now known to have been written by the
author:-
1. Nârâyaniya.
 
2. Mânameyôdaya.
 
3. Prakriyâsarvasva.
 
4. Dhâtukâvya.
 
5. Ashtamichampukâvya.
 
6. Kailâsasailavarnanâ.
 
7. Kounteyâshtaka.
 
8. Ahalyasâpamoksha.
 
9. Commentary of the sloka ....' in Amaruka.
10. Sûrpanakhâpralâpa.
 
11, Râmakathâ.
 
12. Dûtavâkyaprabandha.
 
13. Nâlâyanîcharita.
 
14. Nrigamokshaprabandha.
 
15. Rajasûyaprabandha.
 
16. Subhadrâharanaprabandha.
 
17. Svahasudhákara.
 
18. Kotiyaviraha.
 
19. Sangitaketusringâralîlächarita.
 
It is traditionally known that the Kalidina on which the com-
position of Narayaniya was completed is indicated by the last word
"" in the book. This is about 1590 A.D., and the
date of the author is therefore conclusively fixed in the latter half of
the 16th century A.D.
 
Trivandrum.
 
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T. GANAPATI SASTRÍ.