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A. D.—the times of the Muslim invasions of the Dekhan. His scholastic career was over when he was barely • twenty and his life for the rest was one of ceaseless literary activity. His collected works number about 121—separate treatises of whicb only eight are literary works proper. The Yadavabhyitdctya, a long epic after the manner of KaKdasa's work, describes the advent and life of Sri Krishna, The Rughuvira-gadya is a short prose poem, The Paduka~saha&ra, a series of one thou^ sand verses in praise of Rama's Sandals, was composed in a single night in a competitive literary duel. Desika's work was more in the field of Logic and Thelogy. He was the follower of the Ramanuja School of Vedanta philosophy* His memorable work for the Vaishaava Sect has made him a saint of their Church and his image is worshipped to this day. He was at home in every branch of art or literature ; so much so he was named a ' Sarva-tantra-svatantra.? u Great as Desika was as a scholar and poet, yet from the point of view of universal literature, we cannot well say there is much of originality either in the choice of his subjects or in his manner of treat-ing them. Perhaps this was largely a fault with all the writers of Sanskrit during that period. Yet our authors works are characterised by fluency of style and command over the force and fecundity of language not easily met with in latter-day scholarship."
Chandraehuda was the son of Pufushottama Bhatta-. He must have flourished near Benares about the end of the iSthcentmy. His Rarlavirya-Vij$yam—$ long poem of 14 cantos—describes the story of Kartavirya* The descriptions are in tie' style of Harsha's but the language not so stiff or obscure. He has a greater grace and melody about his verse. " •/:-'.. . • ' ' . : .; .". <
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