225. HRDAYADARPANA 225

HRDAYADARPANA 225

identified with the भट्टनायक mentioned in the राजतरदिण्णी 'दिजस्तयो- र्नायकाख्यो गौरीशसुरसअनोः । चातुर्विधः कृतस्तेन वाग्देवीकुलमन्दिरम् ॥' (V. 59). This refers to the time of शक्कर वर्मन् (883-902 A. D.). It is difficult to decide positively one way or other, but I am in- clined to hold that the two are not identical and that arm flourished between 935-985. Vide J. O. R., Madras vol. I. pp. 267-276 for 'Fragments of Bhattanayaka' collected by Mr. T. R. Chintamani and Journal of Bombay Un. vol. 17 part 2 pp. 267-276 for भट्टनायक's criticism of ध्वन्यालोक and for Bhatta- Nayaka's theory of Rasa. The verse कीटानुविद्ध० quoted in the साहित्यदर्पण I is ascribed to the हृदयदपण by प्रभाकर in his रसप्रदीप (p. 3 Tri. ed.). The work of भट्टनायक would be of great value for the theories of kavya, rasa and dhvani and as it was avail- able to saT towards the end of the 16th century, it is quite possible that, if a vigorous search were made, a ms. of his work may yet be discovered. 20 The वकोक्तिजीवित of कुन्तक. This work had been known for many years only through quotations and references in other Alankara works, such as the अलं. स०, साहित्यदर्पख Through the kindness of Dr. Belvalkar I was able to secure a transcript of a ms. of the work recently discovered in Madras. That transcript was used in my edition of 1923. Dr. De published the first two a a4s in 1923, which are used in this edition. Subsequently in 1928 he brought out another edition but I could not get a copy of it. The ms. made use of here is No. 114 of 1919-24 at the B. O. R. I, described in Cat. vol. XII No. 256 pp. 300-2. The work consists of three parts, कारिकाS, वृत्ति, and exa- mples, almost all of which are taken from previous authors. It is divided into four 3aqs. The transcript breaks off in the fourth, but it seems that the work did not extend much beyond where the transcript breaks off. That aae is the au- thor of the whole of the work and that the entire work contai- ning कारिकाS, वृत्ति and examples was called वक्रोकिजीवित follows from several considerations. It appears that aa meant the Karikas alone to be called TETT as the Karika1 of the first उन्मेष states : लोकोत्तरचमत्कारकारिवैचित्र्यसिद्धये। काव्यस्यायमलक्कारः 1. An excellent edition of the four Unmesas of the Vakroktijīvita, with a modern Hindi commentary by Ācarya Viśveśvara and exhaustive Introduction in Hindi has been