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narisvara was the teacher of the young Rajacüḍāmaņi,
He is the author of a work called Ambāstavaṭikā.
Regarding Ardhanārisvara my friend, Mr. R. Krishna-
swami Sastri writes to me in the course of a letter thus:
"Elder brother and teacher of Rajacūḍāmaṇi, he
(Ardhanārīsvara) is the author of a. A complete
manuscript of this work exists in my family collection.
It is a commentary on Ambāstava (one of the Pañcastavi,
attributed to Kalidasa and published in the Kavyamālā
3rd Guccha). It is an elaborate work bringing out
various aspects of the higher Sri Vidya cult. It may be
noted that Ratnakheta was a devotee of Sri Vidya.
The information regarding the literary works of Ratna-
kheta and his ancestors, given in the colophons of the
Ambāstava ţika tallies with what is mentioned by Bala-
yajñavedesvara in his Tika." This is the only informa-
Țīkā.
tion that we have of Ardhanārisvara.
 
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Yajñanārāyaṇa, alias Rājacūḍāmaṇi lost his parents
 
Rajacudamani.
 
at an early age and the task of edu-
cating the young boy devolved upon
the brother. Ardhanārīsvara took care of the orphan
and educated him in a manner befitting the high tradi-
tions of his family and very soon Rajacūḍāmaṇi began
to display his literary talents. Early in his sixth year,
he wrote the Natika, Kamalinikalahamsa. The follow-
ing statement found in the Prastavana of that drama
पारिपार्श्वक: - तेन हि गर्भसप्तम एव हायने विरचय्य सबहुमान-
मस्माकं हस्ते दत्ता किल कमलिनीकलहंसनामधेया शृङ्गाररसमणिपेटिका नाटिका ।
P. 4. Kamalinikalahaṁsa;