205. DHVANYĀLOKA 203

DHVANYĀLOKA 203

translation. भानन्द० also composed the देवीशतक which is full of यमक, भाषाश्लेष, गोमूत्रिका andother चित्रबन्ध. From verse 101 of देवी- शतक it appears that he was the son of नोष and wrote the work after the विषमबाखलीला and the भर्जुनचरित 'येनानन्दकथायां त्रिदशानन्देच लालिता वाखी। तेन सुदुष्करमेतत्स्तोत्रं देव्या: कृतं भक्त्या ।'. हेमचन्द्र also in his काव्यानुशासनविवेक (p.225) states that आनन्दवर्धन was Son of नोख. The देवीशतक was commented upon by कय्यट, son of चन्द्रादित्य and grandson of वल्लभदेव, in 4078 गतकलि (i.e. 977 A.D.) in the reign of king भीमगुप्त.1 The commentary of अभिनवगुप्त is variously designated in the mss. as सहृदयालोकलोचन or ध्वन्यालोकलोचन or काव्यालोकलोचन; the name of the commentary is लोचन and not आलोचन as some suppose. At the end of the first and the third उद्दयोत we have the verse 'कि लोचनं विनालोको भाति चन्द्रिकयापि हि। तेनाभिनवगुप्तोत्र लोचनोन्मीलनं व्यधात् ।।'; later writers like विश्वनाथ cite him as लोचन- कार. The commentary of अभिनवगुप्त occupies in the Alankara literature a position analogous to that of पतअ्लि's महाभाष्य in grammar or Sankaracarya's bhasya on the Vedantasutras. अभि- नवगुप्त was a profound philosopher, an acute critic and a great poet. His commentary is sometimes more erudite and difficult than the text. Here and there he discusses various reading in the कारिकाs and the वृत्ति (vide p. 180, कारिका III. 46 on p. 290). Among the authors and the works quoted by him (besides those in the ध्वन्यालोक) in the लोचन are :- इन्दुराज (frequently quoted), उत्पल (p. 35 as his परमगुरु), कादम्बरीकथासार of भट्टजयन्तक2 (p.176),

1. Vide Journal (No. IX) of the Department of Letters, Calcutta University, which contains the comment of अभिनंवगुप्त on the 4th उद्दोत edited by Dr. Sushil Kumar De from two mss. at Madras. From this it appears that आनन्द० wrote a work called तत्वालोक in which he discussed the relation of शास्रनय and काव्यनय and that the verse उदिह० cited on p. 297 (of व्व0) as his was composed in the सन्धवभाषा. On the words in the वृत्ति (p. 300) 'मोनलक्षण एवैकः परः पुरुषार्थः शासनये काव्यनये च तृष्णाक्षय- सुखपरिपोषलक्षयः शान्तो रसो महाभारतस्याद्वित्वेन विवक्षित इति सुप्रतिपादितम्' the लोचन states 'शाख्तनय इति। तत्रास्वादयोगाभावे घुरुषार्थ इत्ययमेव व्यपदेशः सोदरः, चमत्कारयोगे तु रसव्यपदेश इति भावः। एतच्च ग्रन्थकारेय तर्त्रालोके

2. In the कादम्बरीकथासार (K.M. Series) the author is said to be अभिनन्द, son of जयन्तवृत्तिकार. In the Intro, verses to