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यतः किल यज्ञनारायणाध्वरिणा रघुनाथभूपविजयनाम्नि महाकाव्ये
तावदेवमभिहितम् ।
 
प्राचां प्रबन्धान् रसयन्तु भव्यानस्मद्व चोऽप्यादरतो रसज्ञाः ।
आस्वादयन्तो मधुराणि वस्तून्याम्यगः किं [आम्लीयुतं] ज़म्भलमाद्रियन्ते ॥
 
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The Sahityaratnākara has been fully described in
the "Sources of Vijayanagar History "1
 
Venkatesa is another son of Govinda Dikṣita.
He was the teacher of Rajacūḍāmani
and Nilakantha Dikṣita. It was
Venkatesa that induced Rájacūḍāmaṇi
to write the Tantrasikhamani. He was the author of
Sahityasamrajyakavya, Sulbamīmāṁṣā, a work on
trigonometry, Karmäntavārtika and Vārtikābharaṇa.
The last two works are available in manuscript. The
manuscript of the Karmantavārtika in the Adyar
Library begins:
 
iv. Venkatesa
Makhin.
 
उमापति रमानाथं बोधायनमुनीश्वरम् ।
गोविन्दाध्वरिणं तातं वन्दे सर्वार्थसिद्धये ॥
 
..श्रीवेङ्कटेशाध्वरिणा वितन्यते
 
Raghunatha, the royal poet was, besides being a
 
patron of learning, a good writer.
His knowledge of music was very
 
great and he is credited with the
discovery of certain new methods of singing. Besides,
he is the author of the works Parijataharaṇa,
 
¹ Vide Sources of Vijayanagara History, pages 269-284.
 
v. Raghunatha
Nayaka.
 
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