Vyangyavyakhya (), we can see that its author was a confidant of the king Kulasekhara, but not very learned. From these facts, we can infer that the author of Tapati- samvarana is the same as the king Kulasekhara who is known in the Sri Vaishnavait Tamil literature as Kulasekharálwar and honoured as one of the greatest of the Vaishnava Saints; for the reason that both of them were kings of the same country as well as devotees of God Vishnu, That Vanchikkalam was the mother-land of Kulasekharàlwar is testified by the follow- ing quotations taken from the Tamil Prabandha of Srî- Vedântadesika. Capat LE IT å ¸Òд¤¾ §Ð¿ G C Cara DUTY 2 Ci w ost G Am G TOLITO Ci papis LG F5 (Grużą arsù g) G5 The same Vanchikkalam with the prefix "Tiru" for Sri becomes Tiruvanchikkalam identified with the ancient Maho- dayapura. The date of the author is not exactly known; but this much is certain that he flourished later than Dhananjaya, the author of Dasarûpaka, who lived in the latter part of the 10th century A. v.; for the author of the Vyangyavyakhya (व्यङ्गयव्याख्या), who was a contemporary of Kulasekhara, makes references to Dasarûpaka in his commentary. The prelude discloses that our author has written a kind of prose work () called Ascharyamanjari. From this work, the passage “कुरङ्गैरिव कुशलवादिभिः” is quoted in the commentary of Amarakosa named Tikâsarvasva (टीकासर्वस्व) when the word, Kusala (कुशल) is annotated in the First Kanda. The author of Tikâsarvasva viz, Vandyaghatiya Sarvânanda, (वन्द्यघटीसर्वानन्द) in the course of treating the passage, "दैवे युगसहस्रे द्वे:" gives the
