विद्यानाथ

{ vidyānātha (agastya) }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VIDYĀNĀTHA ( agastya)   A sanskrit writer on rhetorics. he was also called agastya. he is the author of Pratāparudrīyam. The real name of Pratāparudrīyam is Partāparudrayaśobhūṣaṇam. he was a member of the court of king Pratāparudradeva who ruled over the kingdom of Wāraṅgal from 1295 to 1323 A.D. he has written a drama of five acts, under the name “Pratāparudra Kalyāṇa.” Pratāparudrīyam is a book on rhetorical figures.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

विद्या—नाथ  m.  m. ( [Pratāp.]; [Cat.]) also title or epithet).">N. of various authors or scholars.

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विद्या नाथ