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I. — Narasa hhupalitfam. a. palm leaves.—b. ditto — c. ditto. A work on the objects of Poetical and Dramatic composition^ or the hero, heroine, their friends and associates, with the different emotions and feel* ings to be described. By Bhattu murtti one of the eight poets said to have been patronised by Krish^ na Raya. The work however derives its name from Narasa the father of Krishna Raya, whose genealogy is traced by the Poet from the Sun through the solar race of Princes to Kalikala Chola. In his family,it is said,Poc/ti Raja was born, and from him Narasa is made the 28th in descent — Narasa Raya was Prince of Vijayanagara about 1495.

II. — Ahobala Pdnditiyam. Palm leaves. A work on Rhetorical or poetical composition, also on the meanings and origin of words in ihe Te- lugu language, and on prosody. It is in some de- gree a commentary npon the aphorisms of Nan- naya Bhatt. By Mddhava Yajwa, also termed Ahohala Pundit, a Brahman of Paldr.