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xxiv them by heart so that they might easily remember all the principles of their system and the arguments in sup. port of them. With the same object he abridged the Sri-Bbashya in verse by his famous work 'Adhikaranasaravali'. The verses are all in Sragdbara metre and well deserve to be described in the author's own words as ama getire: The book is simple and sweet and contains the whole essence of the Sri-Bhashya. It is ad. mired by all Sanskrit Scholars. The author says in the opening of the work that he expounded Sri-Bhashya under Ranganatha's command. The book has an excellent commentary written by the author's son Nainaracbarya whose scholarship was profound. The Stotras of Vedanta Desika are in themselves a superior kind of literature. They are in the choicest language and contain many grand ideas. The author often puts into his Stotras the words of the Upanishads. We give here & specimen. अस्येशाना त्वमसि जगतः संश्रयन्ती मुकुन्दं लक्ष्मीः पद्मा जलधितनया विष्णुपत्नीन्दिरेति । यन्नामानि श्रुतिपरिमलान्येवमावर्तयन्तो नावर्तन्ते दुरितपवनप्रेरिते जन्मचक्रे ॥ This sloka reminds us of two Srutis "Streenate che fa. णुपत्नी' and 'इमं मानवमावर्ते नावर्तन्ते' His Dayasataka is a beautiful appaal to the Grace of the God at Tirupati. The following is a specimen of the poom.
