History of Classical Sanskrit Literature c19.s1.72

c19.s1.72

In the heirarchy of **Ahobalam Mutt** of which ADI VAN SATHAGOPA Swāmi was the first pontiff, there were many poets of a high order.⁶ ADI VAN SATHAGOPA swami of Tirunārāyaṇapuram lived in 1379-1458 A.D. (Tirumalai Nambākam) NARAYANA was his successor (1458-1472). He is known to have written 60 works on various topics and in the field of poetry his Nārāyaṇacarita and commentary on Ālavandarstotra are known. (Vangipuram) PARANKUSA was 6th (1497-1511) and wrote Narasiṃhastava. SATHAGOPA was 7th (1512-1522) and wrote the play Vāsantikāpariṇaya.⁷ (Kalyāṇapuram Cakravarti) PARANKUSA RAMANUJA was 24th (1762-1774) and wrote Śrīprapatti, Narasiṃhamaṅgalāśāsana etc. (Elanagar Gaḍādhara puram) VIRARAGHAVA was 27th (1827-1830) and wrote Kṛpāsāgarastava, Kṣīranadīstava, Vihageśvarastava, Devarājastava, Lakṣmīnarasiṃhastava and Vaikuṇṭhavijayacampū in answer to Nīlakaṇṭhavijaya. (Attipattu Mādabhūśi) SATHAGOPA RAMANUJA was 34th (1878-1881) and wrote Kavihṛdayaranjinī and Vedagirivarṇana (Turagagati). (Pillaipakam Ilayavalli) VIRARAGHAVA (1897-1898) was 37th and wrote Śārīrakasuprabhāta and Śrīgosthīnāthastava.