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126 verses in Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre (see Sinhā 311–312)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

Nallādhvarin wrote it and its auto-commentary (Parimala) at the instance of Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī

Work of Advaita Vedānta, in 44 verses with auto-commentary (Parimala) in prose

On the efficacy of singing Śiva's name

Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa wrote a commentary (vyākhyā) on it, called Mādhuryajharī.

V. Raghavan mentions a commentary on it by a certain Vīrarāghava. This Vīrarāghava did not live in Śrīdhara's time but, according to Raghavan, is an author 'of the last century'. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 63 and 43.

New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC) vol. 24, p. 188a lists: (Kroḍapatra). gr. Pub. by V. R. Krishnamacharya, Vyākaraṇa Kroḍapatras, Vol. II. pp. 104-09. 1909-10.

This work deals with the method of meditation to be practised by sannyāsins. A commentary on this work is written by Ayyādhvarin, a student of Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī. See A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19: vol. 17, entry 11816.

Gaṅgādharavājapeyin's disciple Bhāskararāya copied his work and added eight eulogistic verses on King Śāhaji at the end of the manuscript. (See Krishnamurthy, R. The Saints of the Cauvery Delta. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 1979: p. 30)

It was at the request of Śāhaji that Gaṅgādharavājapeyin wrote this work to summarise 5 systems of philosophy. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 25.

Allegorical play on Advaita Vedānta, referred to in the prologue of the Jīvanmuktikalyāṇa

A hymn to Śiva's Compassion. A translation of it can be found in Raghavan, Venkataraman. Prayers, Praises, and Psalms. Madras: G. A. Natesan and Co. 1938: pp. 304-305.

This work is sometimes attributed to Tryambakarāyamakhin but this was more probably the work of Dhuṇḍirāja Vyāsa, whom he patronised.

Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts, Sarasvati Mahal Library, 4231.

Recounts the travels of a certain Dharmapuruṣa from Varanasi to the Kaveri Delta and then Thanjavur, to meet Śāhaji I.

Printed in Kāvyamālā 76, 1916 (see from Raghavan Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 17).

Printed in Kāvyamālā 27

The evidence rather suggests that Ānandarāyamakhin was the author of this work. See: Ramaswami Sastri, V. A. ‘Ānandarāyamakhin versus Appādhvarin’. Journal of Oriental Research Madras III (1929): 68-73; Cerulli, Anthony. ‘Allegory and History, Life and Embodiment’. In Body and Cosmos: Studies in Early Indian Medical and Astral Sciences in Honor of Kenneth G. Zysk, edited by T. Knudsen, J. Schmidt-Madsen, and S. Speyer, pp. 209-232. Leiden: Brill.

V. Raghavan claims that this work, along with the Vidyāpariṇayanāṭaka, 'were really the work of Vedakavi' . However, he does not provide any evidence to that effect. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 29.

Allegorical play on Advaita Vedānta

Since the work deals with the marriage of King Śāhaji, it was of local interest. See Tanjore descriptive catalogue A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19. vol. 8, ms. 4339

The tradition has it that with this hymn he 'brought rains at a time when they had failed, and the last verse of the hymn itself has a bearing on this incident'. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 63.

Hymn to Śiva in the form of Tāyumānavar at Trichy

Kāvya dealing with the story of Krishna.

Co-authored also with a certain Nallāśāstrī (possibly Nallādhvarin, but not sure) and Veṅkaṭeśa Śāstrī (also known as Veṅkaṭeśvara Śāstrī).

This work received an anonymous commentary; see entry 5723 in the A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore) vol. 10.

Commentary on the Paribhāṣavṛtti by the twelfth century grammarian Sīradeva

Printed in Kāvyamālā 51

In 15 taraṅgas (See New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 12, p. 136a). The work deals with 15 subjects which either directly or indirectly relate to Advaita Vedānta: 1) purāṇaprāmāṇyavivekaḥ, 2) trivargatattvavivekaḥ, 3) mokṣatattvavivekaḥ, 4) caturvargasādhanavivekaḥ, 5) varṇāśramadharmāṇāṃ bhagavadārādhanarūpatvavivekaḥ, 6) varṇādidharmavivekaḥ, 7) bhagavadārādhanaviśeṣavivekaḥ, 8) nāmakīrtanādivivekaḥ, 9) bhagavadārādhanopapattivivekaḥ, 10) adhikārivivekaḥ, 11) tattvapadārthavivekaḥ, 12) vivekajñānaviṣayaikātmyavivekaḥ, 13) yogabahiraṅgavivekaḥ, 14) sayamaviṣayaphalavivekaḥ, 15) muktagativivekaḥ (See Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Adyar Library (Adyar). Vols. 1–13: vol. 9, ms. 933).

Oppert I, ms. 3814, and Oppert II, mss. 3457, 7637, 9479, 9785, 9830

Composed at the occasion of the sacrifice which Tryambakarāyamakhin performed in Svāmimalai near Kumbhakonam. It received the approbation of Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita.

Here, Rāma's omnipotence is described and his arrows are eulogised, in Sragdharā metre (see Sinhā pg. 306–307)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

Printed in Kāvyamālā Gucchaka 12 and Stavamaṇimālā, Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6

Written at the instance of Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita. See Raghavan, Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: pg. 41.

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

Printed in Kāvyamālā Gucchaka 12 and Stavamaṇimālā, Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6

Rāma's bow is eulogised here in 112 verses, in Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre. Rāma is characterised as a hero who brings welfare to the universe (see Sinhā pg. 306)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

Rāma is eulogised in 108 verses using the figure of speech yamaka (see Sinhā pg 305)

Although the Paryāyoktiniṣyanda is mentioned as a separate work in New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 24, p. 188, Thiruvengadathan states that it is the third niṣyanda of the Rāmakarṇarasāyaṇastava (see Thiruvengadathan, A. Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita and His Works: A Study. Chennai: The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, 2002: p. 163).

In 3 parts (niṣyanda)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

The hymn describes various exploits, stories, and anecdotes of Rāma (see Sinhā pg. 300)

The term 'rasāyana' in the title of the hymn and 'niṣyanada' to signify the parts of the hymn both allude to its value as treatment for the minds of poets (see Sinhā pg. 300)

107 verses written in Śikhariṇī metre. The hymn enumerates the features of Rāma's chatacter and contains a prayer to Rāma to bestow prasāda (kindness, kṛpā). (see Sinhā 308–310)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

In this hymn, Rāma is described as discharging the duties of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. Incidents of his life are mentioned. The hymn is called aṣṭaprāsa due to the repetition of a set of letters at intervals throughout the text. The hymn is composed in Śārdūlavikṛīdita metre. (see Sinhā pg. 303)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

See Thiruvengadathan pg. 17 and Raghavan introduction to Śāhendravilāsa pg. 41

Śāhaji I requested Gaṅgādharavājapeyin, through his minister Tryambakarāyamakhin, to write this work (Raghavan, Intro to Śāhendra, p. 36).

3 different works of the same name (on primary, secondary, and suggestive śabdaśakti) were produced at the behest of Śāhaji by Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita and his pupils Nārāyaṇa and Veṅkaṭakṛṣṇa. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 34.

Tanjore Descriptive Catalogue lists Ms 5301 as authored by Rāmabhadramakhin, containing 'two more works with the similar name by different authors'. 5302 is authored by Veṅkaṭakṛṣṇa, and 5303 by Nārāyaṇa.

The 3 authors were encouraged to write independently on śabdaśakti by Śāhaji, with the result that there are three Śabdabhedanirūpaṇas. See Thiruvengadathan, A. Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita and His Works: A Study. Chennai: The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, 2002: p. 8.

Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita wrote a commentary on this work.

Lexicon of homonyms with words arranged in a strict alphabetical order and by the number of syllables

Co-authored doxography covering six darśanas, namely Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Pūrvamīmāṃsā (both schools), Sāṃkhya (including the Seśvara system), Advaita Vedānta and grammar.

Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita wrote the Vyākāraṇa system. See New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 24, p. 188.

Seven co-authors. Aside from those mentioned in this record, there is also Yajñeśvarādhvarī and Śrīnivāsamakhī

Hymn of praise to Śāhaji I in eight sargas

A commentary on this work (Uddhāra/Udgāra) was written by Gaṅgādharendra Sarasvatī (1826) (see Dasgupta vol. 2, pg. 56 and R. Thangaswami, A Bibliographical Survey of Advaita Vedānta Literature pg. 387)

Ms. 7695 in the volume above is a commentary on this work called the Siddhāntacandrikāvyākhyā Udgāraḥ.

There are 51 verses, according to the Tanjore Descriptive Catalogue, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19: vol. 13, p. 5817–5819, ms. 7694.

This work is complete in 50 verses. It asserts the Mīmāṃsā cannot lead to liberation, and that the Sāṅkhya, Yoga, and Nyāya śāstras are only doorkeepers to Advaita Vedānta (see R. Thangaswami, A Bibliographical Survey of Advaita Vedānta Literature pg. 387)

T.S. Kuppusvami Sastri references this work in his Sanskrit intro to the Patañjalicarita (issued as a separate publication as a companion to Kāvyamālā 51). See Thiruvengadathan, A. Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita and His Works: A Study. Chennai: The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, 2002: p.17. See also New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 24, p. 188.

This work is non extant

Although it is styled as a subcommentary on Śaṇkara's Brahmasūtrabhāṣya, it challenges several key theses upheld by proponents of Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta. See Duquette, Jonathan. Debates in the Delta: An Intellectual History of Late Advaita. Brill, forthcoming.

Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī directs most of his criticism at Sudarśanasūri's Śrutaprakāśikā. See Duquette, Jonathan. Debates in the Delta: An Intellectual History of Late Advaita. Brill, forthcoming.

Mysore vol. 3, p. 188, mss. 793–795

Oppert I, mss. 1064, 1639, 3551, 3887, 4263, 4515, 5322 (alternative name Śrutaprakāśikākhaṇḍana); Oppert II, mss. 1563, 1827, 3897, 4376, 7838, 7931, 8790, 9232, 9279, 9441, 9532.

Hymn to Śiva in 24 verses

It is a hymn with auto-commentary

Erotic play based on the life of Śāhaji I

Madura is mentioned as the venue of enactment. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 41.

Oppert lists Śṛṅgārataraṅgiṇī as a bhāṇa in Lists of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Private Libraries of Southern India (Oppert). Vols 1–2: vol. 2, p. 251, ms. 3849. And New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 35, p. 91b lists 'cf. Śṛṅgāratilakabhāṇa' under Śṛṅgārataraṅgiṇī.

Printed in Kāyvamālā 44.

Written at the request of Raghunātha, his disciple. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 42; Sastri, T. S. Kuppuswami Sastri. ‘Ramabhadra-Dikshita and the Southern Poets of his Time.’ Indian Antiquary, Vol. XXXIII, pp. 126-142 and pp. 176-196, 2004: p. 178; and Thiruvengadathan, A. Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita and His Works: A Study. Chennai: The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, 2002: p. 16.

A drama in five acts based on the Puranic account of the marriage between Subhadrā and Arjuna.

This work is suggested as possibly by Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita by K. Kunjunni Raja in Uṇādimaṇidīpikā, p. 42. Thiruvengadathan says that the work is yet to be traced. For this discussion see Thiruvengadathan, A. Rāmabhadra Dīkṣita and His Works: A Study. Chennai: The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute, 2002: p. 17.

The legend has it that it was composed in relation to his bringing back to life a brahmin (or child) who had died of a cobra bite. The second verse of each verse has a direct reference to this event. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 63.

Ms. 5675 (in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19: vol. 10) extends to the middle of the second pāda

On Rāmāyaṇa (Uttarakāṇḍa).

Incidents in Rāma's life have been described in 51 verses. All verses begin with a letter in the sequence of the Devanāgarī script. It is composed in the Vasantatilaka metre. (see Sinhā pg. 303–304)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

Printed in Kāvyamālā Gucchaka 13

'An allegorical drama like the Prabodhacandrodaya, in 7 acts. The plot is based on the marriage between the Jīvātman or the individual soul and Vidyā or spiritual wisdom. The drama is said to have been enacted on the occasion of the festival of goddess Ānandavallī, worshipped in Tanjore. See S. N. Dasgupta, HSL. Classical Period, Vol. I. pp. 486. 764.' New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 31, p. 147.

Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Adyar Library (Adyar). Vols. 1–13: vol. 5, p. 491, mss. 1555–1556 are commentaries by Ānandarāyamakhin titled Vidyapariṇayavyākhyā.

For the claim that Ānandarāyamakhin is the author of this work, see the entry on Jīvānandananāṭaka. In the prologue to the Vidyāpariṇaya, the author is clearly presented as Ānandarāyamakhin

Has a commentary by Vedakavīśvara (Vidyapariṇayavyākhyā)

Printed in Kāvyamālā 39

See New Catalogus Catalogurum (NCC). Vols 1-36: vol. 29, p. 132 for the alternative name Vidyāpariṇāma.

Written during the reign of Serfoji. See Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952: p. 29.

125 verses in Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre. It considers the ephemeral nature of worldy things, and states that only Rāma's name can bring liberation. (see Sinhā 310–311)

One of the 9 hymns that are printed in the Stavamaṇimālā as Sarasvatī Vilāsa Series 6 (ed. Subrahmanya Sastri)

Printed in Kāvyamālā Gucchaka 14