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Rama's death. Just when Bharata was prepared to mount the 'funeral pile, Rama's arrival is announced and all ends happily with the coronation of Rama. The drama must be considered a master-piece of Ramabhadra. The style is 'learned and amusing. The poetry is not intricate and the whole story df the Ramayana is run over with rapidity without omitting reference to any important detail. It must appear to be a far >more successful production than Bhavabfauti's Mahavirachanta. Among Ramabhadra's other works are Sriitgaratilaka-bhana
Chakra-kavf was the son1 of Lokanatha. He was a cio£r~ 'temporary of Nilakantha and so must be assigned to the former thalf of the ijth century. He appears to have been patronised <by the Pandya and Chola princes. His dramatic triad fanakt-tpannayam, Gaiiri-parinayam and Draupadi-parinayam respectively describe the marriages of Sita, Parvati and Draupadi^ Information says that each of these has five acts and the plots; •are very skilfully constructed. The poet however is at times verbose and indulges in verbal trickery. His Chitra-Ratnakara
• deals with the verbal figures of speech as also with the verbal
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Atiratra-yaj van was a younger brother of Nilakaatha. He was himself well- versed in, the thntras and kratus% besides being born a poet and commentator. He was a specialist in, Saiva-Siddhanta. His time falls in the middle of the century. His I£u$&-«kwmudvatiyam — ra drama in five acts-describes the loves of Kusa, the eldest son of Rama, and Kuinudvati, the princess of the Naga race. He is also known tt0 have written a.poem called the Pfati-Raghitvamsa, obviously teaing of the histpry of the Solar race* brings up the culmination of tbe mischief of tire felsttaas* Surp^naka sbawe* ii®rsdf to Bha^ta in the disguise of a la^fasi 'atid.kads him to a nmsappfehenston of a high appreciation among the pandit classes*atiparinaya is a drama of five acts, describing the* f