________________ nr. Inlagduation * Lord Rsabha by Mayangsyndari the waren metre which is often . met with in Prakrit Literature. It consists of 4. Padad, each Pada containing 16 syllabio instants, there being stress on the $rde 6th, 11th and 14th syllabje instants. These are very good singable metros and can be appreciated by those who kngw the science of music. 18. From all this our discussion it appoars that i literary qualities KummaSuperiority of putta is quite meagte and inferior Sirivalakaha over Kummaputta when compared to Siriva. lakaha. In didactio qualities, also, Sirivalakaba surpasses Kummaputta because the appeal made by the former is far more greater than that made by the latter. No doubt, Kummapusta has succeeded in laying stress on Bhava or the extremely puro mental condition which is also emphasized in Sirivalakaba. But in the latter, Bhava is not the main thing that the author wants to emphasize, but it is the greatness and importance of the Navapada in emphasizing which he has achieved a far greater success than Anantahansa has done in emphasizing Bhava. Thus in conclusion, we can say that Ratnas'ekhara's Sirivalakaha