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century. He says he was the aufh* , &a of sixteen cantos, a Set»ta' °f a -
<*ort lyrical panegyric on Sum ffi,1"^? °f Kris^a and -*W«*« and deals with the m- handotna»3ari toas six
. A^^ or scientific portion is not rfTi "* -PraCtical use* The to him mere 'Kautuka or curiosity.' ^^ 3S ft is according
Kalidasa is the name given to ^ ,
PP nxetric Srutabodha by name I/ °f °f a short •^ery One of wfaich ^ ^s of
"--e definition'„ce in rhetoric. It stops with the Uttaralankara probably in imitation of the Chitramimamsa of Appayyadikshit, whose views he critically exposed in his Chitramimamsa-khandana. He is always selfconscious and independent. There is a sort of dignity and learning in his argument and explanation. His language however is not simple but necessitates an acquaintance with dialectics. His lyrical works have found a place in a previous chapter.