The Kavyavilāsa of Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭacārya is an important work in the history of Sanskrit Poetics. It is a contribution from Bengal and a representative of post-Jagannātha Sanskrit Poetics. It is one of the minor treatises mentioned by Dr. S.K. Dey in his 'History of Sanskrit Poetics' (263-320). It is an undeniable fact that researches and reappraisals of major Alaṁkāra-works of Bhamaha, Daṇḍin, Vāmana, Ānandavardhana, Mammaṭa, Viśvanatha and Jagannātha etc. have been made in a good number by stalwart critics, but the minor Alaṃkāra-works like the Kāvyavilāsa of Cirañjīva, the Alaṁkārasaṁgraha of Amṛtānandayogin, the Kāvyakaustubha of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa etc. have not yet been dealt with critically by scholars. The Kāvyavilāsa of Cirañjīva also has remained behind the proper attention of the scholars, though a considerable number of manuscript of this work was there in different places of India.