A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s8.200

v3.c35.s8.200

In about 1540 A.D. the astronomer and poet Sūryadeva or Sūrya, son of Sugaṇaka Jñānādhirāja, wrote his Rāmakṛṣṇakāvya, a pòem that can be read both from the top and the bottom (vilomākṣarakāvya), and in which Rāma and Kṛṣṇa have been extolled in different hemistichs. There is a commentary on the work written by the poet himself⁴.