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together. He thinks that this will be a sort of dilemma to those who oppose the theory of identity of authorship. In the first place, the proper answer depends on the question as to who is meant by the word auad or ayar occurring in the Locana. That question has been already dealt with above (pp. 168-169). In the second place, the 2nd Introductory verse of the Locana expressly states that what is explained by the Locana is 'Kavyaloka'. The Locana starts with the explanation of the mangala verse of the vrtti. It does not explain the first kāriki word by word, but states that the first sentence (ādivākya) is 'Kāvyasyātmā' &c. and at once begins to explain the first words of the vrtti 'budhaih kāvyatattva- vidbhiḥ &c.'. It follows that the Locana is concerned with the vrtti and the kārikas come in for explanation only as they are part of the vrtti by being explained at length in it. If anywhere the vrtti is very brief (as on I. 3 and 6) the Locana explains some of the words of the karika.1 The Locana also states that a certain kārika being of the nature.of a sangraha- śloka is not explained in the vrtti.2 The colophons are not parts of the work. They often differ in the several mss, some calling the work ध्वन्यालोक, others सहृदयालोक, and still others describing it (in the लोचन) as सहृदयालोकनाम्नि काव्यालक्कारे. The first verse out of the two at the end of the Locana on the first Uddyota and on the third makes it clear that Locana is required for Aloka, which properly applies to the vrtti, the karikas being merely called ध्वनिकारिका or ध्वनि. The penultimate verse at the end of the vrtti suggests that the vrtti was called Kāvyāloka3 and the last verse (tad-vyakarot &c. quoted below p. 191) expressly states that Ananda explained the essence of real poetry in that work. I do not dwell upon passages in 1. There are more than one hundred kārikas in the first three Uddyotas. Dr. Pandey will not be able to cite a dozen kārikās that are directly explained in the Locana. He only cites I. 3 and 6. 2. On IV. 4 the लोचन is यदि वा उच्यते संग्रहश्लोकोयमिति भावः। श्रत एवास्य श्लोकस्य वृतिग्रन्थे व्याख्यानं न कृतम् (vide Dr. De in Journal of Dept. of Letters, Calcutta Un. vol. IX.). 3. Mark the words काव्याएयेऽखिलसौख्यधाम्नि विदुषोद्याने ध्वनिर्व- शित: 1 विदुधा: means 'gods' and also 'काव्यतत्वविदः'.