Gajapatipratiparudradeva is the author of Sarasvativilasa.
Prataparudradeva was an enlightened and powerful ruler of the Gajapati Kings family of Orissa. Sarasvativilasa is an important and popular treatise on Rajadharma and Vyavahara. The book contains five chapters (Ull¡sas). In the first chapter the identification of the author has been described. In the second the significance of the shastras like Smiti, Purana
and Itihasa etc., the duties of the king, Statecraft in peace and war, Ministers, counsels, diplomacy, messengers, army etc. have been elaborated. The third chapter deals with the judicial procedure and the fourth one describes the application procedure, the clearness of evidences by the appropriate authority and process of judgment. The fifth chapter deals with legal procedure in respect of the eighteen types of civil and
criminal disputes and their punishments.