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though sometimes ponderous. He quotes numerous verses from ancient authors. Among the works drawn upon are those of कालिदास, भमरुशतक, किराताजनीय, कादम्बरी, मालतीमाधव, वेगीसंहार, शिशुपाल- वष, सूर्यशतक, हयग्रीववध, his own works. He quotes the opinions of numerous writers on Alankāra, some of whom are known from his work alone, viz. अवन्तिसुन्दरी, भानन्द, भापराजिति, उच्िगर्म, उन्भट, कालिदास, द्रौहिधि, पाल्यकीर्ति, भरत, मझ्गल, रुट्रट, वाक्पतिराज, वामन, श्यामदेव, सुरानन्द. He cites (about 18 times) certain views as those of the ācāryas (pp. 3, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 30, &c.). It is not possible to say who are meant but he generally dissents from the आाचार्यs, as does कौटिल्य. Hequotes his own views as those of यायावरीय :. The काव्यमीमांसा has not been frequently quoted in later works on साहित्य. हेमचन्द्र (काव्यानुशासन pp. 126-130 and 130- 135) and aprHz borrowed from him very largely, particularly chapters 17-18. The काव्यप्रकाशसक्ेत of माणिक्य० (p.308 Mysore ed.) quotes the words 'अभिप्रायवान्पाठधर्मः काकु: स नालक्ारी स्यादिति यायावरीयः' (which occur in the काव्यमी० p. 31). हेमचन्द्र (p. 235 काव्यानु०) and सोमेश्वर also quote these words. He gives some striking historical and literary information. He tells us that मेघाविरुद्र and कुमारदास were poets that were blind from birth (p.12), that certain kings such as शिशुनाग in मगध, कुविन्द in शुरसेन, सातवाहन in कुन्तल and साहसाक in उज्जयिनी respectively made rules that in their palaces eight letters that were difficult to utter were not to be employed, that harsh conjunct con- sonants were to be avoided, that only Prakrit was to be em- ployed or only Sanskrit (p. 50); that वासुदेव, सातवाहन, शूद्रक and साइसा were great patrons of learning and that in उज्जयिनी the poets कालिदास, मेएठ, अमर, रूपसूर (१), भारवि, हरिचन्द्र, चन्द्रगुप्त, were examined and in पाटलिपुत्र, उपवर्ष, वर्ष, पाणिनि, पिड्ल, व्याटि, वरचि, and पतञ्जलि were tested (p. 55). He is very fond of the Pra- krits (pp. 34, 51) and speaks of the languages in different countries (p.51, where पैशाची is said to prevail in भवन्ती, पारियान and दशपुर). About his personal history राजशोखर gives far more infor- mation than most Sanskrit poets do. His ancestors appear to have hailed from महाराष्ट्र. In the बालरामायया and the विदशाल- भब्जिका it is stated that he was the 4th in descent from भकालजलद1

1. तदामुष्यायणस्य महाराष्ट्रभू डामणेरकालजलदस्य चतुर्थो दौटुकि: शील- वतीसू नुरुपाध्यायभीराजशेखर इत्यपर्माप्तं बद्ुमानेन। वालरामायय I. 13;in