st> probably he himself flourished about a century later. He is prior to "Kamalakara who composed his Nirnayasindhu in 1612 A,D. His Ravyapradipa is a commentary on the Kayyaprakasa* Though following the 'line's of Mammata, it is generally studied as an independent treatise on rhetoric and has its own bulk and
i Vidyabl^shana was a native of Bengal. He was a disciple of rthe, great reformer Chaitanya, who was born in 1484 A. JD. f The opening verse of his Sahitya-kaumudi—^ short rhetorical treatise with graceful and simple elucidations —corroborates the tradition of the conversion of King: Prataparudra Gajapati by Chaitanya.
Kedarabhatta was   the son of Pavyeka of the race of.
Kasyapa.    He was well-versed in vedic learning and saiyite
philosophy.    His Vritta-rutnakara was composed  about the
beginning of the l^th century.    It has six chapters and djeals,
with the two classes of metres, their origin and modifications.
A commentary on it by Narayana was  composed in A. D^
1,356,  He was a Kausika. son of Ramesvara.   He was a native
of Benares and had his literary career there.	,
, Gangananda was patronised by Lunakarna^ King of Bikaneer ,(1506-1527 A. D.) ..His l£arnabhushanam has five chapters and traces the development of the several rams or sentiments through all the stages or bhavas,
Prabhakara was the son of Bhatta Madhava.   He studied -under his brother Visvanatha. He was a poet and rhetorician. He wrote his Rasapradipa and Rasalankfrra-rahasya, on the nature and development of rasas about Sam. 1640 (A. D. 1584).'-