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Rājaśekhara in J. O. R., Madras, vol. 7 pp. 25-32 (on date), Festgabe Jacobi pp. 169-179 (by Nobel), J. I. H. for 1930 vol. IX.pp. 119-131 (paper by Prof. Dasaratha Sharma on 'gleanings from Rajasekhara's works' emphasizing laxity of morals and the influence of the Kaula system in the times of Rajasekhara. 17 The अभिषावतिमातका of मुफुलभट्ट (Nir. Press, 1916). This work deserves a passing notice. This is a work contain- ing 15 karikas with qfu thereon by the author himself. It deals with the two senses of words viz. मुख्य and लाक्षषिक and gives a detailed treatment of लक्षणा (its sub-divisions and examples). Later works like the aoryar₹T base there treatment of लक्षया on this work. He quotes or refers to उद्ट (definition of उत्प्रेक्षा), कुमारिलभट्ट, ध्वन्यालोक, भर्तमित्र (a मीमांसा writer), महाभाष्य, विज्जिका (the verse दृष्टिं हे प्रतिवेशिनि०), वाक्यपदीय, शबरस्वामी. He was the son of भट्टकल्लट and the teacher of प्रतीहारेन्दुराज. भट्टकल्लट flouri- shed in the reign of अवन्तिवर्मन् (855-883 A.D.) 'अनुग्रह्ाय लोकानां भट्टाः श्रीकल्लटादयः । अ्रवन्तिवर्मयः काले सिद्धा भुवमवातरन् ॥' राजतर० V. 66.1 He is frequently quoted in the काव्यप्रकाशसक्केत of माखिक्यचन्द्र. It follows that the अभिधावृत्तिमातृका should be assigned to the period 900-925 A. D. 18 The काव्यकौतुक of भट्टतौत (or तोत). We know that भट्टतीत was the guru of अभिनवगुप्त (लोचन p. 34) and that he wrote a work called काव्यकौतुक on which अमिनवगप्त wrote a विवरय (लोचन p. 221). In the introductory 4th verse of his commentary on the Natyasastra अभिनवगुप्त states that Tota expounded to

हेतोः । माहेश्वराभिनवगुप्तपदप्रतिष्ठः संचिप्तवृत्तिविधिना विशदीकरोति ॥). Again

1. The word 'siddha' indicates that Kallata must have been a man of mature years before he could have attaind mystic experience and yogic powers in the times of Avanti- varman. He is connected with the Spanda branch of Kashmir Saivism. It may be assumed that Kallata was on old man about 890 A. D. Therefore his son Mukula may be held to have flourished in the last qnarter of the 9th century and the first two decades of the 10th. Vide p. 192 above on प्रतीहारेन्दुराज, the pupil of मुकुल. माशिक्यचन्द्र who wrote his comme- ntary called सक्केत on the काव्यप्रकाश in 1159-60 A. D. mentions Mukula and his भमिषा (वृत्ति) मातृका by name (pp. 32, 38 of Mysore ed.).