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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)

Play in 7 acts on the marriage of Śāhaji and Līlāvatī. To be enacted at that Mahāmakam festival of God Kumbheśvara at Kumbakonam. See: Raghavan, Venkataraman. Śāhendravilāsa of Śrīdhara Veṅkaṭeśa (A Poem on the Life of King Śāhaji of Tanjore, 1684-1710). Tiruchi: The Kalyan Press, 1952.

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.

For the name Śivatattvakalikāmodarañjanī, see vol. 14 of the above, ms. 8198. This entry also notes that the author wrote a stotra on Śiva in 100 Vasantatilaka verses and added it to this commentary, explaining the stuti according to Śivādvaita.

The three manuscripts found in vol. 14 of the Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (mss. 8198–8200) are attributed to Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī.

The Ānandasāgarastava is a hymn of 108 stanzas composed in the Vasantatilaka metre, praising the universal mother in the form of Goddess Mīnākṣī of Madurai.

Also see P. V. Varadaraja Sarma, Journal of the Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library I, ii, pp. 24-5.

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.

The Anyāpadeśaśataka is a collection of 101 stanzas composed in the Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre, satirizing social ills.

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.

It is noted as kāvya in the 1909 'List of Sanskrit, Jain, and Hindi manuscripts purchased by order of Government and deposited in the Sanskrit College, Benares', p. 3 (ms. 1791). See New Catalogus Catalogorum (NCC). Vols 1–36: vol. 5, p. 14a.

The Caṇḍīrahasya is a hymn of 36 stanzas composed in the Vasantatilaka metre, in praise of the Goddess Caṇḍī, consort of Śiva and Mother of the Universe.

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.

It describes the descent of the River Ganga from the heavens. See Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Adyar Library (Adyar). Vols. 1–13: vol. 5, p. 160–161, ms. 505.

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).

The poem consists of 8 cantos.

The Gurutattvamālikā is a hymn of 28 stanzas composed in the Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre. It belongs to the tārāvalī / nakṣatramālikā type of composition, in which 27 stanzas correspond to the 27 asterisms (nakṣatras). It praises the guru Gīrvāṇendra Sarasvatī, identified with Śiva and extolled as the disciple's one saviour, able to liberate him from the cycle of birth and death.

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

It was composed in 1826. See New Catalogus Catalogorum (NCC). Vols 1–36: vol. 5, p. 77a.

The Svārājyasiddhi manuscript in Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the British Museum (Cecil Bendall): p. 125–126, ms. 302, includes the commentary Kaivalyakalpadruma.

The work consists of 102 verses in the anuṣṭubh metre, presenting the characteristics of the Kali age (kaliyuga) in a realistic and humorous manner.

This is published in the Trivandrum Series, number 25.

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, pp. 3372, 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.

The Prakāśa is Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita's commentary on Kaiyaṭa's Pradīpa—itself a gloss on Patañjali's Mahābhāṣya.

This work references Kaiyyaṭa, author of the Pradīpa, and Patañjali, author of the Mahābhāṣya.

It is printed in the Journal of the Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library III, ii-iii. pp. 11-13.

Hymn to Śiva in the form of Tāyumānavar at Trichy

Only four cantos survived, and the original length of the work is unknown. It recounts the story of Kṛṣṇa.

Kāvya dealing with the story of Krishna.

Āccādīkṣita, Nīlakaṇṭha's brother, and is mentioned in the prologue as the author of a commentary on the play. Whether such a commentary was actually composed cannot be determined, as it does not survive.

Only six acts survived.

Samarapuṅgayajvan is referenced; Nīlakaṇṭha quotes him in the prologue of the play (V. 6-8).

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

Although this text is sometimes attributed to Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī, Vātsya Subrahmanya writes that he is the author. See A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19: vol. 13, ms. 7552.

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 the Tanjore volume, it is placed under the subheading 'various' (nānāvidha). See A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19: vol. 19, p. 8.

Also see P. V. Varadaraja Sarma, Journal of the Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library I, ii, pp. 24-5.

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. These 6 manuscripts are listed without the author's name.

Raṅganātha Sūri extols Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī in a few verses at the beginning and end of the work. He includes biographical details about both himself and Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī. 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. 31.

This work is found in the name of Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī in Bodhendra's Nāmāmṛtarasāyana. 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. 31.

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

The Raghuvīrastava is composed of 33 verses in the Vasantatilaka metre.

Tanjore ms. 5029 notes that the work is attributed to a Raghnātha, but it is clear from the verses after the colophon that the author is Ḍhuṇḍirāja Vyāsa. Consequently, the work was probably composed around the middle of the 17th century. See A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Tanjore). Vols. 1–19: vol. 9, p. 3381.

This is a lexicon of political and administrative terms. 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. 55.

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. (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. 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, 44, and 52.

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

The work consists of 105 verses in the anuṣṭubh metre, each a serious reflection on principles of ethics and right conduct.

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

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

Modelled on the Gītagovinda: just as there are three main characters in the Gītagovinda - Krishna, Radhā and her maid - in this work the three characters are king Śahaji I, the courtesan Līlavatī and her maid. Consists of eight sargas and 24 aṣṭapadis.

This work earned the author the title 'Abhinava Jayadeva'. 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. 55.

Hymn of praise to Śāhaji I in eight sargas

The Śāntivilāsa consists of 51 stanzas composed in the Mandākrāntā metre.

Also see P. V. Varadaraja Sarma, Journal of the Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library I, ii, pp. 24-5.

Only two chapters of the Saubhāgyacandratapa survive, preserved in a single manuscript at the Kerala University Manuscripts Library, Trivandrum (No. 2941). Nīlakaṇṭha argues that worship of Parāśakti—the Goddess as Supreme Being—alone leads to liberation, expounding the discipline of the sādhaka with reference to numerous Tāntric and Āgamic texts.

A commentary on this work (Uddhāra/Udgāra) was written by Gaṅgādharendra Sarasvatī (1826) (see 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.

The work asserts that 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)

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.

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.

It is edited in the Trivandrum Sanskrit series in 4 parts: Nos. 47, 48, 58, and 61. 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. 31.

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.

Tanjore vol. 13, p. 5580–5581, ms. 7519

Hymn to Śiva in 24 verses

It is the story of 65 līlās of Śiva.

The poem consists of twenty-two cantos.

It also refers to Śaṅkara and his work the Saundaryalaharī.

It is a commentary on the Śaṅkarasaṃhitā (108 names of Śiva) of the Skandapurāṇa.

The following grammarians are all cited: Pāṇini, Patañjali, Kaiyaṭa, Haradatta, Kāśikākāra, and Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita.

It is a hymn (stotra) with a commentary titled Amodrañjanī (attributed to Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī, but actually authored by Vātsya Subrahmaṇya).

This hymn is in 100 verses, divided into 5 Ullāsas. See New Catalogus Catalogorum (NCC). Vols 1–36: vol. 34, p. 85b.

Śivānanda Yogīndra is the commentator on the Śivotkarṣamañjarī. He is another descendant of the family who also wrote Appaya’s hagiography, the Śrīmadappayyadīkṣitendravijaya in 1880. See Filliozat, Pierre-Sylvain. Oeuvres poétiques de Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita. Pondichéry: Institut Français de Pondichéry, 1967: p. 7.

The Śivotkarṣamañjarī is a collection of 52 stanzas composed in the Śārdūlavikrīḍita metre, seeking to establish the supremacy of Lord Śiva.

Erotic play based on the life of Śāhaji I

It is printed in Kāvyamālā 72.

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.

It is a summary of the Vedānta doctrine in verse. See Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (IO). Part IV: ms. 2360.

The manuscript in Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the British Museum (Cecil Bendall): p. 125–126, ms. 302, includes the commentary Kaivalyakalpadruma. Cecil Bendall notes that there is some uncertainty as to whether Ganġādhara Sarasvatī wrote the Svārājyasiddhi, but it is certain that he wrote the commentary.

This work is in verse form. It begins with the refutation of Dvaita. The nature of Paramātman is described through 3 chapters titled Adhyāropa, Apavāda, and Kaivalya. See Thangaswami, R. A Bibliographical Survey of Advaita Vedānta Literature. Madras: Rathnam Press, 1980: p. 334.

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.

This work is a criticism of the Viśiṣṭādvaita and Dvaita interpretations of tat tvam asi.

V. Raghavan writes that the author of this work seems to be identical with the author of the Siddhāntacandrikā, i.e., Rāmānanda. 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. 33–34.

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

Also see P. V. Varadaraja Sarma, Journal of the Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal Library I, ii, pp. 24-5.

On Rāmāyaṇa (Uttarakāṇḍa).

The Vairāgyaśataka is a collection of 101 stanzas composed in the Āryā metre, dealing with the fickleness of worldly life; it recalls Bhartṛhari's famous Vairāgyaśataka and also draws on ideas from Śaṅkarācārya's Mohamudgara.

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

It has 250 verses and a commentary called Prakāśa. See New Catalogus Catalogorum (NCC). Vols 1–36: vol. 5, p. 207a

This work contains the essence of Appayya Dīkṣita's Siddhāntaleśa. It is divided into 4 sections: Samanvaya, Avirodha, Sādhana, and Phala. SeeThangaswami, R. A Bibliographical Survey of Advaita Vedānta Literature. Madras: Rathnam Press, 1980: p. 334.

In ms. 7516 in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore, the author mentions Rāmabhadra and Vāsudevayati as his gurus.

'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.

The play was enacted during the festival of Ānandavallī in Thanjavur (atra tañjora-nagare deśāntarād āgatāḥ paura-jānapadā janāḥ | bhagavatyās tāvad ānandavallī-ambāyā mahotsava-didṛkṣayā saṅghībhūtāḥ ||). Only two temples with the Ānandavallī deity exist in Thanjavur - the Thanjapureswara temple and the Agastheesvarasvami temple - but the play was most likely enacted in the first of these two. There is no evidence of a festival involving Ānandavallī in the more famous Brhadīśvara temple.

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

A prakaraṇa work composed of two chapters, setting out the purport of Brahmasūtras from an Advaita perspective.