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his literary writings, the Sivanandalahari is a collection of one hundred verses — encomiums on God Siva. The Smndarya- i
lahari is a centum of panegyric-verses in honor of the ||
goddess Parvati, representing a personification of the divine -^
power as exhibited in the creation, sustenance and destruction of the world. The Sivabkujangastotrdvonsitfis of thirty-seven verses of the bhujanga~prayata metre in praise of Siva. The ^
language is every where musical and perhaps adapted to the lyre. Throughout the element of bhakti is transcendent and these works rightly deserve a place among the religious works of the -Hind us.
Aniaru-sataka is a centum of verses attributed to Amaru on the sentiment of love. By orthodox tradition, the poem was the work of Sankara, who by transmigration entered the body of King Amaru. Lines from this are quoted by Ananda-vardhana, who flourished in Kashmere between 850 and 890 A.D. The tradition, though not very credible, may show that these were contemporaries. Dr. Peterson quotes from a commentar}',
from which we understand the author belonged to the goldsmith's class.
Lolambaraja was a brahmin of Southern India. Bred up uneducated by his affectionate elder brother, he was slighted by his sister-in-law, whereupon he resorted in vexed spirits to the Saptasringa and by divine gift composed the Harivilasa. It is a short poem describing the story of Krishna from his advent in the house of Nanda to the message of Uddhava. He was in the court of King Harihara, contemporary with King Bhoja of. But the thoughts arid imaginations are instructive.