A text on alaṁkāra by Appayya Dīkṣita (1520–1593). He was born in Adayapalam, and composed over hundred books on Advaitavedānta, Mīmāṃsā, Śaiva theology, literary theory, 53 grammar, and the study of the epics. This work is based on the fifth chapter of Jayadeva’s Candrāloka, in the style of kārikā and vṛtti.