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Drama, Minor Dramatic Forms, and Līlā Narrative Poetry

Mahānāṭaka, or Hanuman-nāṭaka; Prasanna-rāghavam; Maithilī-kalyāṇa; Udāra-rāghava; Jānakī-haraṇa; Satyopākhyāna; Bṛhat Kauśala-khaṇḍa; Mādhurya-keli-kādambinī; Rāmaliṅgāmṛta.

Authoritative and Doctrinal Works

Śrī Sundaramaṇi-sandarbha; Śrī Rāma-tattva-prakāśa; Śrī Rāma-navaratna-sāra-saṅgraha; Śrī Sītārāma-nāma-pratāpa-prakāśa; Śrī Rāma-tattva-bhāskara; Upāsanātraya-siddhānta; Śrī Rāma-paṭala; amorous shorter poems.

Six messenger poems written in imitation of the Meghadūta: Haṃsa-sandeśa, or Haṃsa-dūta; Bhramara-dūta; Bhramara-sandeśa; Kapi-dūta; Kokila-sandeśa; and Candra-dūta.

Poems about Rama and Sita written in imitation of the Gīta Govinda: Rāma Gīta Govinda; Gīta-rāghava; Jānakī-gīta; Rāma-vilāsa; the eighteenth-century Saṅgīta-raghunandana; Rāghava-vilāsa; Rāma-śataka; Samāryā-śataka; Āryā-Rāmāyaṇa.

Printed pages 141–186.

Chapter Eight: Literature of the Rasika Tradition in Hindi

Aṣṭayāma; Sri Agraswami’s companions of Lord Rama—meditation, description of the companions’ service, and the sixteen adornments; Dhyāna-mañjarī by Agraswami or Agradas Ji—meditation upon Rama, Sita, and the divine attendants; Rāmāṣṭayāma by Nabhadas Ji—the twelve forests, splendour of the palace, description of the inner apartments, service by the companions there, dance and music at mealtime, and repose.

Neha-prakāśa by Mahatma Bal Ali Ji—list and service of the companions, distinction between companion and maidservant, Rama’s words to Sita, delights of rasa, love, and beauty, the companions’ words to Janaki and to Rama, Sita’s beauty, and the description of her power; Dhyāna-mañjarī by Bal Ali Ji; Lagana-pacīsī and Ananya-cintāmaṇi by Kripanivas Ji; Rāma-rasāmṛta-sindhu; Rāsa-paddhati by Maharaj Kripanivas Ji; Bhāvanā-pacīsī—Janaki’s companions and their service, Rama’s companions and their service; Kripanivas’s Padāvalī.

Works by Swami Janakraj Kishori Sharan “Sri Rasik Ali”: Siddhānta-muktāvalī; Siddhāntānanya-taraṅgiṇī; the Sanskrit Amara Rāmāyaṇa; Rahasya-ratnamālā; Siddhānta-cautīsī; Holikā-vinoda; Kavitāvalī; Śrī Jānakī-karuṇābharaṇa; Adhyāyatrayī; Dohāvalī; and Āndolana-rahasya-dīpikā.

Pacīsī-śataka by Ramcharandas “Karuna Sindhu”; Viveka-śataka; the Rāma-rasāmṛta-khaṇḍa and its description of beauty; Rasamālikā—