INTRODUCTION
Rājagōpāla Vilāsamu, which is now printed and published for the first time, is a prabandha in five cantos, written by Chengalva Kā!akavi, and dedicated to the last Nayak King Vijaya Raghava Nayaka (1633-1673). son of the illustrious Raghunātha Nāyaka of Tanjore. Though this work is brought to light at present in the Tanjore Saraswati Mahal Library series, it has been referred to hy Scholars years ago and the present writer ' brought to the notice of Telugu literary public, the importance of the work in the Southern school of Telugu Literature, as it gives a complete picture of the sangīta, Sahitya and Nātya activities in the beginning of Vijayarāghava Nāyaka's reign, as well as his personal history, which is not known to us from other sources.
DESCRIPTION MANUSCRIPTS.
The print edition is based on the following palm leaf manuscripts of the Saraswati Malal Library :- described as under.
D. 233. H. 257 : It TIL.Zlotes (A small portion of the beginning and a verse at the cud is lost.)
D. 224. 11. 30S IS X 194 l.-IS (This contains the Islarika portion, the first 86 verses)
D. 222, AL. 256 IS 1/4 L-52 Gr. 1300
I N Venkata kao, , Article 11 Trlugu enlitle: "Tanjāpurindhra Vàogmayarı (Telugu Literature ruting to Tanjore) in the time of Nayak Kings (1535—1673). Silver Jubilee Xiun bar of Andhra Sahitya Parished (Telugu Academy, Kulja.l2-1936.) Pages 150–164.
