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held the same view is not so clear. But the explanation of the लोचन is so framed that even if the authors of the कारिका and of the qfu were different, it would hold good. Dr. Mookerjee (B. C. Law vol. I. pp. 185-186) thinks that लोचन is petulant and not logically consistent nor correct; while Dr. Krishnamoorthy {I. H. Q. vol. 24 pp. 189-190) for once disagrees with Dr. Mookerjee about the interpretation of this passage. I leave the two Doctors to settle their differences. I have given my own interpretation. It is for scholars to decide what the correct interpretation of the attitude of the afaamar as reported by the लोचन is. Dr. Mookerjee has given up recently in 'Indian Culture' vol. 12 (pp.57-60) his own explanation of करनभेदे का सङ्कतिः and puts forward another explanation in which कतं means only grammatical agent of an action and not 'author of a book' as he once proposed. It is unnecessary to comment on this new explanation. He does not know his own mind. One of the most cogent arguments against the theory of identity is furnished by the large number of what are called 'in the vrtti 'Parikaraslokas' on pp. 40, 159 (three ślokas), 169, 182, 203 (four),1 'sangrahaślokas' on pp. 106 (4 verses), 280 (two verses) and sańksepaślokas pp. 53-54, 90, 305. Besides these, there is a verse quoted in the वृत्ति with the words तदयमत्र परमार्थ: on ध्व. III. 10-14 and five verses quoted by the वृत्ति with the words तदिदमुक्त (p. 277) and तदिदमुच्यते p.278 (the first two being expressly ascribed to the वृत्तिकार himself by लोचन and one out of the group of the three on p. 278 being ascribed to मानन्दवर्धन in the अभिनवभारती). Thus there are over twenty-five verses quoted in the vrtti itself, all of which are the composi- tion of भानन्दवर्धन. Some of these verses are striking and preg- nant with meaning and far better than several kārikas. A few of them are set out below.8 If the author of both was the same 1. For explanation of परिकरश्लोक, vide लोचन p. 40 quoted below. 2. Vide pp. 7-8 above about these verses. 3. विच्वित्तिशोमिनकेन भूषरोनेव कामिनी। पददोत्येन सुकवेर्ध्वनिना भाति भारती॥ a परिकरश्लोक on p. 159; अ्व्युत्पत्तिकृतो दोष: शक्त्या संहियते कवेः। यस्त्वशक्तिकृतिस्तस्य स भटित्यवभासते॥ परिकरश्लोक p. 169 (q. by राजशेखर in काव्यमी. p.16); भनौचित्यादृते नान्यद्रसभङ्गस्य कारणम्। प्रसिद्धौ- चित्यबन्धस्तु रसस्योपनिषरपरा। (cited as परमार्थ on p. 180 and quoted