196. 194 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

194 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

नहि कमेरितिवृत्तमात्रनिवहिय &c. on p. 148 of ध्द0) to ध्वनिकार. No use- ful perpose will be served by referring to later writers, when comparatively early writers who were not separated from the ध्वन्यालोक by more than a century or two hold conflicting opinions as to the identity of the कारिकाकार and the वृत्तिकार It is difficult to give a decisive opinion in the midst of the conflict of views between certain passages of the लोचन itself read with मुकुल on the one hand and महिमभट्ट and वेमेन्द्र on the other. The चन्द्रिका (which as we shall see later on was a com- mentary on the ध्वन्यालोक written before the लोचन) and the हृदयदर्पण of भट्टनायक (which strongly criticized ध्व.) would in all probability throw some light on this question; but unfortuna- tely these works have not yet been discovered. The passage of the लोचन (pp. 150-51) however quoted above if rightly interpreted, seems to show that the चन्द्रिका also regarded the कारिकाकार and वृत्तिकार as distinct. At present I feel inclined to hold (though with hesitation) that मुकुल and some passages of लोचन are right and that कुन्तक, महिमभट्ट, केमेन्द्र and a host of other writers had not the correct tradition before them. It seems that सहृदय was either the name or the title of the कारिकाकार and that भानन्दवर्धन was his pupil and was very closely associat- ed with him. This would serve to explain the confusion of authorship that arose within a short time. Faint indications of this relationship may be traced in the धवन्यालोक itself. The word सहृदयमनःप्रीतये in the first कारिका is explained in the वृत्ति as 'रामायंयमहाभारतप्रभृतिनि लक्ष्ये सर्वत्र प्रसिद्धव्यवहारं लक्षयतां सहदयानामा- नन्दो मनसि लभतां प्रतिष्ठामिति प्रकाश्यते.' It will be noticed that the word sitfa is purposely rendered by the double-meaning word भानन्द (pleasure and the author भानन्द०). The whole sentence may have two meanings 'may pleasure find room in the hearts of the men of taste & c.' and 'may आनन्द (the author) secure regard in the heart of the (respected) सहृदय who defined (the nature of ध्वनि) to be found in the रामायण &c.' Similarly, the words सहदयोदयलामहेतो: in the last verse of the वृत्ति may be explained as 'for the sake of the benefit viz, the appearance of men of correct literary taste' or 'for the sake of securiug the rise (of the fame) of सहृदय' (the author). The word सहृदय (as well as its synonym सचेतस) - occurs scores of times in the कारिकाS, वृत्ि and लोचन. For example, vide कारिकाs I. 1 and 2, II. 14, III. 40; स. pp. 3, 8, 9, 12, 17, 40, 71, 97, 102, 197, 198 etc; लोचन pp.