History of Classical Sanskrit Literature c19.s1.78

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Śrī KRSNA Brahmatantra Parakālaswāmi was the 31st Head of the Parakāla Mutt at Mysore. His original name was Kṛṣṇamācārya. He was the son of Tātācārya and Kṛṣṇāmbā of the village of Amidella on the Pennar. He was born in 1839 and passed away about 1916 A.D. He was for some time in the courts of Vanaparti, Ātmakūr and Ānagondi. He wrote 67 works on various branches of learning. Among campūs are Rangarājavilāsa, Kārṭikoṭsavāḍīpikā and Śrīnivāsavilāsa. Among poems are Capetāhaṭiṣṭuṭi, Uṭṭararangamāhāṭmya, Rameśvaravijaya, Nṛsiṃhavilāsa and Madangopālamāhātṃya.¹ His Alankāramaṇihāra is an elaborate work on rhetoric with illustrations in praise of the deity Śrīnivāsa of Tirupati.²