FOREWORD I have 8,reat pleasure in introducin, to the public this valuable critical edition of Sri Yatirajavijaya Vedanta vilasa a philosophical alle,orical play writter by the well-rown Vidvatkavi Vatsya Varadacchar ya Ghostikassa tam Armrmal i n * Kançhere puram. An elaborate introduction, Notes and Apperdices etc. are the notable features of the edition adde by our learned Vid var Sri T. K. V. N. Sudarsanacharya Sirymani why was the Editor in chare of Standard Religius Texts, and it is published as the 7th in series of Sri Vaishnava Granthamala under the auspices of the Sri Venkates vara (Driental Institute, Tirupati. The Faklit yr su versat ile sehi blar bərə uğ, But Yout this is very me tracetive and valuable edition nonlin, up all the available informat on about the text from every accessable source, in his Sanskrit introduction he discusse i all the fundamental principles of tvis drama in its various aspects and tried to present it clear and conparative picture st different sch , 5 Sf religious an phi Isophical tkought as revealed by § eat anci revered Acharyas. He finally established the Visishtadvaita theory of Vishnuparamya aimed at by the auth r of the play, The ripe aruments of Sri Sudarsanacharya in determining, Vedarnauli as the chief hero of the play ort the basis of Sachvayat tas idditva ' , the result of all the actisis of Yatiraja finally 8, help realisation of the object in favour of Vedamauli, and in establishin, Bhaktirasa as the chief sentiment of the play after examinin, the position of Vira and Santa sentiments, carefully defining, the contantation of Bhaktirasin so a t i forrn, ar inferal part of Srirara without prejudice te the resid precepts of Alankarikas like Dhananjaya and Dharlika in Dasarupaka, afford clear evidence to his critical outlook and deep erudition, In Sanskrit literature the alle&orical plays have occupied in unique place. The elements of alle&orical expression are found even in Vedic literature, though they have taken a definite shape in the Mahabharatha and several of the reat Puranas. The episode of Puranjanopalkhyana ir Sirimadbh a8awatha is an outstandini3,
