Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c66.5

v1.c66.5

According to the colophon, Vīra Nārāyaṇa is the author; but in the work itself he is in the vocative case and praised, as in the *Pratāpa-rudra*. The alleged author seems to be the same as the Reḍḍi-prince Vema of Koṇḍavīḍu (end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century), the hero of the *Vemabhūpāla-carita* or *Vīranārāyaṇa-carita*¹ of Abhinava Bhaṭṭa Bāṇa (ed. Śrīvaṇī-vilāsa Press). There is also a reference to Pedakomaṭi Vemabhūpāla who is the same person. A commentary called *Śṛṅgāra-dīpikā* on the *Amaru-śataka* is attributed to Vīranārāyaṇa (Aufrecht ii 141b) or Vemabhūpāla (ibid i 609b). The *Sāhitya-cintāmaṇi* consists of seven chapters which deal with (1) *dhvani* (2) *śabdārtha* (3) *dhvani-bheda* (4) *guṇībhūta-vyaṅgya* (5) *doṣa* (6) *guṇa* (7) *alaṃkāra*. Possibly this is the work cited under the name *Sāhitya-cintāmaṇi* by Kumārasvāmin (p. 97) and in the *Vṛtti-vārttika* (p. 4).