158. 156 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

156 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

विजयमहाकाव्य of पखिनि (2.8.), पिङल, बृहत्कथा (2.12 peculiarities of पैशाची noted), भरत (12. 4 and 44), भ्तृ हरि, भामह (8. 84, 10.2), माघकाव्य (1.20, VIII. 64), मालतीमाधव (7. 33), मृच्छकटिक (8. 1), मेवाविरुद्र (I.2, II.2), मेघदूत, रत्नावली (7. 33), वामन1 (1. 20, 8. 10) विकटनितम्बा (6. 47), वेपीसंहार (7. 73), शिवभद्र (IV.4), शिशुपालवध, हरि (on 2.19, a writer in Prakrit on Poetics), हर्षचरित. There is a commentary on रुद्र's work composed by आशाधर. It has already been stated above that वल्लभदेव wrote a com. on रुद्रट; there is another commentary called रसतरदविणी by गोपालभट्ट, son

There is a work called शृङ्गारतिलक composed by रुद्रभट्ट. A keen controversy has raged for several years as to whether रुद्रभट्ट and रुदट are identical. Weber, Buhler (Kashmir Report p. 67), Aufrecht (Z. D. M. G. vol. 36 p. 376) and Pischel (in his Intro. to शृङ्गारतिलक p. 5 ff. and Z. D. M.G. 42,1888, p. 296-304) held the view that they were identical, while Pandit Durgaprasad, Dr. Jacobi (VOJ I888 vol. II. pp. 151- 156 and Z. D. M. G. 42 pp. 425-435), Dr. Harichand in his work on Kālidāsa (pp. 91-95) think that they are distinct persons. This question must be briefly discussed here. The शृक्गारतिलक has been published in the K. M. Series. It is divided into three परिच्छेदs. The first परि० deals with the nine rasas, the bhāvas, the various kinds of Nayaka and Nayika. The second speaks of विप्रलम्भश्ृ्गार, the ten stages of love in separation, the six upayas for winning over one's offended beloved. The third treats of the other rasas and the four vrttis कैशिकी, सास्वती,

1. On रुद्रट I. 20 नमिसाधु says 'तथा क्षपिमिलि अरथिवचिक्लिबप्रभृतयो धातवो धातुगरोषु पठिता अपि'. This I take is a reference to वामन'S काव्यालक्कारसूत्र V. 2.2. 2. Dr. Bhandarkar's Report on the search for mss. for 1883-84 (pp. 391-93) contains an excerpt from a प्रशस्ति of आशाधर in धर्मामृतयतिघर्मटीका, where he describes himself as a Jain, as the son of सल्लक्षण and father of छाइड. Verse 15 mentions that he wrote a commentary on रुद्रट (रुद्रटस्य व्यधात् काव्यालक्ारस्य निबन्धनम्). He was the author of several works such as a com. on. अमरकोश, on the भ्ष्टाङहृदय of वाग्भट, त्रिषष्टिस्मृतिशास्त्र, रत्नत्रयविधान- शाख and calls himself कलिकालिदास. He composed the प्रशस्ति in विक्रमसंवत् 1300 i. e. 1244 A. D. (verse 31). Vide E. I. vol. 9 at p. 107 for आशाधर.