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(1) SRIRANGA MAHATMYAM:
As has already been referred to, this is a printed work and is a translation of Satādhyāyi from Garuda Purānamu describing the greatness of the shrine at Srirangam. In this, the story of Ramayana is incidentally referred in connection with the establishment of Vaishnava faith by Vibhishaņa. It is in ten cantos and written in classical style which is much appreciated by scholars.
(2) PARAMA BHAGAVATA CHARITRA:[1]
This is also a Prabantha in 8 cantoes and deals with the lives of the 14 devotees (Parama Bhakthas-Prahlada, Nārada, Parašara, Pundarika, Vyasa, Ambarisa, Śuka, Saunaka, Bhisma, Dalbhya, Rukmangada, Arjuna, Vaśīstha, and Vibhāşana). Unfortunately the whole work is not available and the Aśvasas dealing with the lives of Rukmangada and Pundarika are alone available in the Tanjore Palace Library. Even these two cantoes contain good poetry.
(3) DWIPADA RĀMĀYANAMU.
The magnum opus of Varadaräju is Rāmāyanama which is an ever-flowing fountain of poesy in Telugu. No theme or story has attracted the attention of Telugu poets more than the story of Rāma as narrated by
- ↑ In the Telugu catalogue of the Tanjore library, the above two cantoes are given separate numbers as 177 Parama Bhagavatha Charita und 188 Pundarika charitra in the pages 41 and 47. This separation led some scholars to presume that Pundarika charitra is a different work from Parama Bhagavata Charitra, but in fact they are one and the same
