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before araa. How much earlier one cannot say. So it is not possible that the unnamed predecessor of araa borrowed the ideology of भानन्दवर्धन or his master (if he had one for teaching him the canons of literary appreciation). On the theory of identity both the kārikas and vrtti belong to the same period (875-900) and as -ao does not expressly acknowledge a master who guided his steps, there is nothing to show that a circle of literary critics of the type of . existed before him. The question about the name of the author of the kārikas is entirely separate from the question of the identity of the author of the karikas and of the vrtti. A scholar accepting non-identity of authorship may yet argue that the name of the karikakara is not known. The late Prof. Sovani suggested that Sahrdaya was the name of the Kārikākara and I adduced more evidence in support of that view than Prof. Sovani had put forward. I do not profess that I have completely proved my hypothesis. The remarks of Mukula cited by me above indicate that Sahradaya was in the opinion of Mukula the author of the karikas or of the whole work and accord- ing to Pratiharenduraja, of the whole work. Now I have drawn attention to the fact that the work was called सहदयहृदया- लोक by राघवभट्ट and in some colophons. We have further to notice that in his comment on the very first verse of the Nāțyaśāstra, Abhinavagupta mentions Bhatța-Nāyaka and his work called सहृदयदर्पण. This raises the important question whether Bhattanayaka's work was called सहृदयदपण or हृदयदर्पय. In the लोचन the worka is quoted as हृदयदपय (pp.32,76). When the व्यक्तिविवेक says in Intro. verse 4 (सहसा यशोभिसत समुधता- दृष्टदपंणा मम घी:) the commentator explains 'दर्पयो हृदयदर्पणाख्यो ध्वनि- ध्वंसगन्थोपि'. Most of the Mss. of the लोचन at the B.O.R. I. read हृदयदपणे. It looks to me more likely that the work was called सहदयदप which makes far better sense than हृदयदर्पण and which might convey two meanings also, viz. 'mirror of the 1. भट्टनायकस्तु ब्रह्मणा परमात्मना यदुदाहृतं ... इति व्याख्यानं सहृदयदर्परे न्यंगृहीद। भ. भा. vol. I. pp. 4-5. 2. एतदेवोक्तं हृदयदपणे यावत्पूर्णों न चैतेन तावन्नैवैवम्। तेन यदाह भट्ट- नायकः 'शब्दप्राधान्यमाश्रित्य०'। P.32; तेनैतननिरवकाशं यदुक्तं हृदयदर्पणे सर्बंत्र तर्हि काव्यव्यवहारः स्यादिवि। p. 32; य्तु हृदयदपरो उकतं 'रह्दा हेति संरम्भार्थोयं चमस्कारः' इति। p. 76.