204. 202 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

202 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

महाभारत, 300), हर्षचरित; quotations are taken from the गाथासप्तशतो, मनोरथ, the शाकुन्तल and other works of कालिदास, शिशुपालवध, सूर्य- शतक; he frequently quotes his own verses (in Sanskrit and Prakrit) as illustrations (123 two verses, 134, 136, 284, 303, 306); he gives here and there a few verses called परिकरश्लोक (vide above p. 182); this expression is explained by लोचन (P. 40) 'परिकरार्थ कारिकार्थस्याधिकावापं कर्तु श्लोक: परिकरश्लोक:' i.e. a verse that explained and expanded the sense of a कारिका (discussed in the वृत्ति). For the meaning of परिकर compare 'व्याकरणस्य शरीरं परिनिष्ठितशास्त्रकार्यमेतावत्। शिष्टः परिकरबन्धः क्रियनेस्य ग्रन्थकारेय ।' (Peterson on ms. of काशिका JBBRAS vol. 16 extra No. p. 29). On p. 277 he introduces two verses with the words 'तदिदमुक्त' on which the लोचन remarks 'मर्यवेत्यर्थः' On p. 292 he quotes a verse with the words तदिदमुक्त on which the लोचन says 'उक्तमिति संग्रहार्थ मयैवेत्यर्थः'. On p. 278 we have two well-known verses 'अपारे काव्यसंसारे' etc. and 'शृङ्गारी चेत्कविः' introduced by the words तथा चेदमुच्यते (discussed above pp.7-8). On p.280 he gives two verses that summarise the preceding discussion with the words तदयमत्र संग्रह: The date of आनन्दवर्धन cIn be settled with great precision. The राज० says 'मुक्ताकयः शिवस्वामी कविरानन्दवर्धनः। प्रथां रत्नाकरश्चागा- त्साम्राज्येवन्तिवर्मयः ॥' (V. 34). This shows that आनन्दवर्घन attained fame as a poet in the reign of अवन्तिवर्मन् of Kashmir (855-883 A. D.). This date agrees well with what we know from other sources. He quotes 3az and so is later than 800 A. D .; while he is quoted by राजशेखर (about 900-925 A. D.). Therefore, the period of this literary activity would lie between 860-890 A.D. रत्नाकर is the author of the महाकाव्य हरविजय, which was composed by him, as he says, in the reign of बालवृहस्पति. Num- erous verses are quoted by the सुभाo from a poet called शिवस्वामी. We are told by the लोचन that मनोरथ was one of the contempo- raries of आनन्द० (vide above p. 198). Besides the अजनचरित, the ध्वन्यालोक and the विषमनाणलीला, आनन्द० wrote after the ध्वन्या- लोक a work on the धर्मोत्तमा, a commentary on the (प्रमाख) विनिश्चय (of धर्मकीर्ति). 'यत्त्वनिर्देश्यत्वं सवलक्षणविषये बौद्धानां प्रसिद्धं तत्तन्मतपरीक्षाय। ग्रन्थान्तरे निरूपयिष्यामः' (p. 292), on which the लोचन remarks 'विनिश्चयटीकायां धर्मोचमायां या विवृतिरमुना ग्रन्थकता कृता तत्रैव तद्व्याख्यातम्'. In 'History of Indian Logic' (pp. 329-331) Dr. Vidyabhushan assigns 847 A. D.as the date of the धर्मोत्तमा of धर्मोत्तर on प्रमाय- विनिश्षय. The original (of धर्मोसमा) is lost, but there is a Tibetan