226. 226 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

226 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

कोप्यपूर्वो विधीयते ॥1. The वृत्ति on this says ननु च सन्ति चिरन्तनास्तदलंकारास्त स्किमर्थमित्याइ-भपूर्वः तद््यतिरिक्तार्थाभिधायी । ... कोप्रि अलौकिकः सातिशयः । लोको ... सिद्धये-भसामान्याहादविधायिविचित्रभावसम्पत्तये । यद्यपि सन्ति शतराः काव्यालक्कारास्तयापि न कुतश्िदप्येवंविधवैचित्र्यसिद्धि: ।. It may be noticed that the works of मामह, उन्भट and रुद्रट were called काव्यालक्कारs Though the कारिकाs thus appear to have been meant to be called काव्यालक्वार, the whole work has been referred to by later writers as वक्रोक्िजीवित. The वृत्ति is quite clear on this point : तदयमर्थः। मरन्थस्यास्य अलक्कार इत्यमिधानम्, उपमादिप्रमेयजातमभिधेयम्, उक्तरूपवैचित्र्थसिद्धि: प्रयोजनमिति।'. The व्यक्तिविवेक (p. 28) quotes the words 'शब्दार्थी सहितौ. .. कारिणि (which is बक्रोक्तिजीवित I. 8 p.7), says that certain people who regard themselves as सहृदय assert that वक्रोकि is the soul of poetry and then (on p.37) quotes the verse संरम्भ: करिकीट० (which is quoted in the वक्रोकिजीवित I. p. 17 as an example of an excellent काव्य) and finds several faults in that verse and winds up by saying (p. 58) 'काव्यकाखनकषारममानिना कुन्तकेन निजकाव्यलक्ष्मणि। यस्य सर्वनिरवद्यतोदिता छोक एष स निदर्शितो मया ॥'. This shows that the definition (लक्ष्म) and the citation of examples are कुन्तक's according to महिमभट्ट (who was not far removed in time from the वक्रोकि०). The टीका on the व्यक्ति० (p. 16) says 'भयं छोको वक्रोक्िजीविते वितत्य व्याख्यात इति तत एवावधार्यः'. So according to the टोका also, the वृत्ति and the examples formed part of the बक्रोक्तिजीवित. The एकावली (p. 51) says 'एतेन यत्र कुन्तकेन भक्तावन्तर्भा- वितो ध्वनिस्तदपि प्रत्याख्यातम्'. सोमेश्वर in his commentary on the काव्यप्र० (61 b and 67a) quotes two verses of कुचक (१कुन्तक) the first of which is found in the printed वक्रोक्ि० (कारिका I. 31.p. 48) and the 2nd is quoted below.1 The काव्यप्रकाशसक्केत of माणिक्य० says on the verse 'तरन्तीवाङ्ञानि स्खलदमललावएयजलथौ' इत्यत्र सादृश्योप- भारमूचे यथा चोपचारस्तथा वक्रोफिजीवितगंथाजेयः' (p. 40-41). This verse is cited as an example of उपचारवक्रता in the वक्रोकि० (II. p. 99) with the remark 'अत्र चेतनपदार्थसम्भविसादृश्योपचाराद तारुफ्यतरल- तदयोगात्रारयां तरणमुत्प्रेचितम्।'. The colophons at the end of the first and second उन्मेषs are respectively 'इति राजानककुन्तल (क १) विरचिते बक्रोकिजीविते काव्यालक्टारे प्रथमोन्मेषः' and 'इति श्रीकुन्तलविरचिते वक्रोक्तिजीविते published recently by Dr. Nagendra of the Delhi University. There are, however, many misprints and it is not clear on what mss. or editions the text is based. 1. सोमेश्वर (folio 67a) सुकुमारेति यत्कुन्तकः 'सन्ति तत्र त्रयो मार्गा: कविप्रस्थानहेतव: । सुकुमारो विचित्रश् मध्यमश्रोभयात्मक:॥'.