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series (in 1909). Another edition of the work with nqu was brought out in Madras in 1914 (which reached the third ed. in 1950). This work is very popular in Southern India. The work contains three parts, kārikas, vrtti and illustrations. All the examples are composed in honour of the काकतीय king of Telanigana, प्रतापरुद्रदेव (also called वीररद्र or रुद्र), whose capital was एकशिला (Orangal or Warangal) 'प्रतापरुद्रदवस्य गुणानाश्रित्य निर्मितः । अलक्कारप्रबन्धोयं सन्तः कर्णोत्सवोस्तु व: ।।' I. 9. In this respect it resembles the एकावली. The work has 9 प्रकरणs on नायक, काव्य, नाटक, रस, दोष, गुख, शब्दालक्कार, अर्थालक्गार, मिश्रालङ्गार. Among others the following are named :- अनघराघव, अमिनयदपय, भलक्कारसवस्व, उ्गट, काव्यप्रकाश, दण्डन्, दशरूपक, बालरामायण, भरत, भामह, भोज, रुद्रभट्ट, शृङ्गारतिलक, साहित्यमीमांसा. In the third प्रकरण, while illustrating the requirements of a aran, he exhibits a model drama called प्रतापरुद्रकल्याय (on p. 139-218). He follows in general the काव्य- प्रकाश but prefers the अलक्कारसर्वंस्व to मम्मट in the matter of figures. He defines the figures परिणाम, उल्लेख, विचित्र, and विकल्प, which are passed over by मम्मट and his definition of विकल्प (विरोधस्तु- ल्यबलयोर्विकल्पालङ्कृतिमता p. 456) is almost the same as that of the चन्द्रालोक. प्रतापरुद्रदेव was the son of महादेव and मुम्मुदि or मुम्मुडम्बा, who was the daughter of रुद्राम्बा. T'his रुद्राम्वा was known as रुद्र and ruled at एकशिला after her father गणपति. प्रतापरुद्रदेव is said to 'have routed सेवण of the यादव family (i. e. रामदेव of देवगिरि, 1271- 1309 A. D.). From this fact and the information supplied by epigraphic records it followes that प्रतापरुद्रदव ruled in the last quarter of the 13th and the first quarter of the 14th century and was captured in 1323 A. D. by Muhammad Tughlak's armies. Therefore, the प्रतापरद्यशोभूवस was composed in the first quarter of the 14th century.1 1. The pedigree of the काकतीय dynasty is as follows : (1) Betma-(2) Proda or Prola-(3) Rudra,-(4) Mahadeva brother of (3)-(5) Ganapati or Ganapa son of (4)-daughter Gaņapāmba married Beta; another daughter of Ganapati was Rudramba also styled Rudradeva who ruled as king, she is the 6th king-(7) Prataparudradeva was the daughter's son of Rudra. Vide the Yenamadala Inscription of Ganapamba (E. I. vol. III. p. 94), the Arulala Perumal Inscription of the time of Prataparudra dated saka 1238 (1316-17 A. D.), the Malkapuram stone Inscription of रुद्रदेब (i.e. रद्राम्बा) dated saka 1183 i. e. 1261-62 A, D. (J. of Andhra H. R. S. vol. IV.