Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study)
by Sajitha. A | 2018 | 50,171 words
This page relates ‘Suktashloka of Melputtur Narayanabhatta’ of the study on the Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva from the 11th century A.D. The Vasudevavijayam is an educational poem belonging to the Shastra-Kavya category of technical Sanskrit literature. The Vasudevavijayam depicts in 657 verses the story of Lord Krishna while also elucidates the grammatical rules of the Ashtadhyayi of Panini (teaching the science of grammar). The subject-content of the poem was taken from the tenth Skandha of the Bhagavatapurana.
Sūktaśloka of Melputtūr Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa
[Full title: Other Śāstrakāvyas (4): Sūktaśloka of Melputtūr Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa]
Apart from Dhātukāvya, Melputtūr Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa himself authored aŚāstrakāvya named Sūktaśloka. It contains eight long verses which constitute a grand Devīstuti. In these verses the author gives statistical details regarding the Aṣṭaka-adhyāya-varga of Ṛgveda applying Kaṭapayādi notation with a few minor variations. These facts are explained in an introductory verse. He composes this work by devoting one verse for each Aṣṭaka.