148. 146 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

146 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

मरत's definition of ओोजस् (viz. समासवद्धिबदुभिः) while वामन relied upon two others (viz. सानुराग: and उदारैः) in defining भोज: as शब्दगुय and अथगुय respectively. Therefore, as Vamana omits all reference to समासभूयस्त्व in defining ओजस् there is nothing 'irregular' (as Prof. Bhattacharya thinks in I. H. Q. vol. III p. 380 note 2) in Mānikyacandra's putting Vāmana and Mangala together. What relation exists between वामन and मङल it is difficult to say. राजशेखर speaks of वामनीयs (school of वामन) and माणिक्यचन्द्र says वामनमझली and not मझलवामनौ. From thes: two indications and from the fact that Mangala is very rarely mentioned while वामन is mentioned frequently by प्रतिहारेन्दुराज and भभिनवगुप्त, I infer that मझल came after Vamana and not before. The date of Vamana can be settled within very narrow limits. Vide my article in JBBRAS vol. 23 (1909 p. 91 ff.) राजशेखर in his काव्यमीमांसा quotes (pp.14 and 20) the वामनीय school. राजशेखर flourished in the first quarter of the tenth century. प्रती- हारेन्दुराज, as shown above, quotes वामन frequently and so does the लोचन (pp .. 9, 12, 224) and the अभिनवभारती vol. I p. 288 (where वामन I. 3.30-31 are quoted). Therefore वामन flourished before 900 A.D. On the verse अनुरागवती सन्ध्या दिवसस्तत्पुरःसरः । भरो दैवगतिः कीदृक्तथापि न समागमः ॥ cited in the ध्व० (p. 44) the लोचन remarks 'वामनाभिप्रायेखायमाक्षेपः, भामहाभिप्रायेश तु समासोक्तिरित्यमुमाशयं हुदये गृहीत्वा समासोक्त्याक्षेपयोरिदमेकमेवोदाहरएं व्यतरद् ग्रन्थकृत्.' So According to the लोचन, वामन preceded the ध्वo (which was composed in the latter half of 9th century) and must have flourished before 850 A.D. The ध्वनिकारिका (III. 52 अस्फुटस्फुरितं काव्यतत्त्वमेतधथोदितम्। भ्रश- कनुवद्धिर्व्याकर्तु रीतयः संप्रवर्तिता:) probably refers to वामन. वामन quotes the verse इयं गेहे लक्ष्मी: (उत्तरराम० I) under रूपक (IV. 3.6.) and the

out of the several examples of अर्थस्य प्रौढिरोज: in वामनसूत्रवृत्ति (viz अथ नयनसमुत्यं from रघुवंश 1I. 75 and ते हिमालयमामन्त्रय from कुमार सम्भव IV 93} are mentioned by अभिनवगुप्त in explaining the word उदारैः in भरत's definition of ओजस. सोमेश्वर says तत्रावगीतस्य हीनस्य वा वस्तुनः शब्दार्थसम्पादयदुदाशत्वं निषिश्चन्ति कवयस्तदोज इति भरतः । अनवगीतस्याहीनस्य वा वस्तुनः शब्दांरथयोरर्थसम्पदापदमुदात्तत्वं निषिश्वति कवयस्तहि तदनोजः स्यादिति मङलः। यथा ये सन्तोष० ... मेरुर्न मे रोचते ।। ... तस्मात्समासभूयस्त्वमोजस्तन्व गद्यविभूषयं प्रायेश वृर्तवत्मन्यपि गौडास्तदाद्रियन्ते। रीतित्रये ... निर्देशो न युक्तस्तस्माद्गाढत्वमोज इति बामन:। (folio 89a and b). From this it appears that सोमेश्वर read the definition of भोजस as in Ch. ed.