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should have had with Madura. The work shows traces of the influence of Sri Nilakantha Dikaita of Sivalilārṇava fame. The author of this Kavya therefore might have flourished in the 17th or even the 18th century.
BHAGAVANTA.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Bhagavanta is the third son of Gangadharadhvarin, the minister to the Maharatha Kings of Tanjore. Gangadhara had 3 sons, Narasihma, Tryambaka and Bhagavanta. The date of Bhagavanta falls therefore in the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century.
The two works of Bhagavanta that are noticed here are:1. Mukundavilāsakāvya (No. 3719)
2.
Uttra Campuḥ (Nos. 4028-29)
From the way in which Tryam bakaraya refers to himself and his family in the Dharmakūta, we are led to infer that Bhagavanta was not born or that he was too young to be counted when the Dharmakūta was composed. Tryambaka refers to his elder brother and himself as the two sons of their parents.
VENKATESA.
This Venkatesa is the author of the Kavya, Yamakarnava and its Vyakhya-described under No. 3720. This Kavya was composed in baka 1578, corresponding to A. D. 1656. He tells us that he composed the Kavyas
(1) Ramacandrodaya
(2) Yamakārṇava
(3) Sudhivilāsa
and (4) Sudhiviläsanandana in the order in which
they are noted above. His genealogy is given on page 2634.
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