stanzas long, Karuṇā-laharī, in praise of Kṛṣṇa (Krishna), 60 stanzas long, and Lakṣmī-laharī, in praise of the goddess Lakshmi, 40 stanzas long. As a scholar Jagannātha was a junior contemporary of Appayya Dīkṣita of whom he wrote disparagingly. He wrote the Kaustubha-khaṇḍana, criticizing Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita's Śabda-kaustubha, and Prauḍha-manoramā-khaṇḍana (also called manoramā-kuca-mardana) criticizing the explanations of his Prauḍha-manoramā. Other minor works attributed to him include the Sāra-pradīpikā, a commentary on the Sārasvata Prakriyā or Sārasvata vyākaraṇa, an ancient grammatical work attributed to Narendra. Popular culture There is a movie on Jagannatha Pandita Rayalu in Tamil (1946) and Hindi (1950). A Marathi musical drama was also a historic work of Shri Vidyadhar Gokhale in Mumbai in 1960. There are few more art epics on "jagannath Pandit". A Marathi drama by Shri Vidyadhar Gokhale named "Pandit Raj Jagannath" Famous musical stage show was performed by leading artists Shri Bhalchandra Pendharkar, Prasad Sawkar, Mama Pendse, Chittaranjan Kolhatkar, Chandrakant Gokhale, Master Dattaram and Mangala Sanjhagiri and others under the famous banner of "Lalitkaladarsha" about 50 years back.(9-Oct 1960) The film Lavangi based on Jagannatha pandita Rayalu was released in 1946 References Further reading and resources Gangalahari Stotra. neelakanth publications. 1643,Sadashiv Peth, Pune Maharashtra India. Gangalahari stotra with Parady shloka by Waman Pandit. Saddharma prakashan.Thane Maharashtra India. Marathi Drama Panditraj Jagannath by Vidyadhar Gokhale. A Hindi movie of 1961 also presents some of the Sanskrit shlokas music composed by late shri Vasant Desai. Sanskrit poets 17th-century Indian poets 1590 births 1670 deaths