153. KĀVYĀLANKĀRA OF RUDRAȚA 151

KĀVYĀLANKĀRA OF RUDRAȚA 151

स्वभावोकि is an अलक्कार and in II. 94 gave an appropriate example; दएडी calls it जाति also. भहटि's वार्ता included स्वभावोक्ति अग्निपुराय 343.3 calls it स्वरूप. हेतु found in भटि and दएडी (II. 235 ff); भामह denies (II. 86) it the position of अलं ०. उद्धट would bring it under काव्यलिश्. 14. The काव्यालयगर of सब्रट. This work has been edited in the KM series with the commentary of नमिसाधु (the third edition of 1928 has been used here). The काव्यालक्कार is an exten- sive work divided into 16 अध्यायs and reviews the whole field of Poetics. It is composed mostly in the Arya 1metre with a few exceptions here and there, particularly at the end of most chapters. All the examples are Rudrata's own. There are in all 734 verses, beside which 14 verses in the 12th अध्याय dealing with the eight kinds of नायिका and their sub-varieties are declared to be interpolations. The shortest chapter is the 13th contain- ing only 17 verses and the longest are the 7th and 8th contain- ing respectively 111 and 110 verses. The contents of the 16 chapters are ;- 1, obeisance to गणेश and गौरी, purposes and objects of काव्य, the essential requisites of a poet viz शक्ति, व्युत्पतति and अभ्यास, and definitions of these; 2, काव्यलक्षण, the five अलक्कारS of शब्द viz. वक्रोक्ि, अनुप्रास, यमक, श्लेष and चित्र are enumerated, the four रीतिs वैदर्भी, 2पाञ्चाली, लाटी and गौडी are briefly defined, six भाषाड (प्राकृत, संस्कृत, मागध, पैशाची, शूरसेनी and अपभ्रंश) in which काव्यs are composed are mentioned, then वक्रोकि and अनुप्रास are defined, divided and illustrated and five वृत्तिs (मधुरा, ललिता, प्रौढा, परुषा and भद्रा) of अनुप्रास are defined; 3, elaborate treatment of यमक in 58 verses; 4, श्लेष and its eight varieties (वर्स, पद, लिक्, भाषा, प्रकृति, प्रत्यय, विभक्ति and वचन and illustrations of भाषाश्लेष (same words in संस्कृत and प्राकृत, पैशाची, शौरसेनी etc); 5, treatment of चित्र, viz. such com- binations and tricks of words as चक्रबन्ध, मुरजबन्ध, भर्धभ्रम, सर्वतोभद्र, मात्राच्युतक, प्रहेलिका etc .; 6, the dosas of पद and वाक्य; 7, the four

1. गोपाल in his com. on the काव्यप्रकाश (Tri. ed. p.2) has a paronomastic verse on रुद्रट referring to his partiality for the भार्या metre 'अतिलोकमल क्वारमाबिभ्रदमृतस्त्नतम् (स्रुतम् !)। आर्याुरागी सर्वशः सत्यं रुद्र: स रुद्रटः ॥'. सर्वश is an appellation of शिव also and भार्या means पार्वती and आार्या metre. 2. 'वृत्तेः समासवत्यास्तत्र स्यू रीतयस्तिस्रः ॥ पाञ्चाली लाटीया गौडीया चेति नामतोऽभिहिता:। लघुमध्यायतविरचनसमासभेदादिमास्तत्र ॥ ... वृत्तरसमासाया बैदभी रीतिरेकैव।। काव्यालक्वार II. 3, 4, 6.