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DASARŪPA 247

identified with भनिक the commentator of दसरुप is a difficult question. Whatever may be thecase, the anesy was composed in the last quarter of the 10th century. But it appears that the commentary was written a little later. सिन्धुराज alias नषः साहसाइ succeeded वाक्पतिराज (मुब्ज) and the नवसाहसाङचरित (a महाका्य) was composed by पभ्मगुप्त (alias परिमल) at the command of सिन्धुराज.1 For an account of सिन्धुराज, vide I. A. vol. 36 pp. 170-172. As धनिक quotes a verse from the नवसाहसाकचरित the commentary must have been composed not earlier than 1000 A. D. and if we identify धनिक with the धनिकपरिडत of the I. A. vol. VI (as Dr. Ganguly in his History p. 285 does) it would have to be held that धनिक was a very old man (about 80 or so) when he wrote the अवलोक. Vide Dr. D. C. Ganguly's 'History of the Paramāra dynasty' for वाक्पतिराज and सिन्धुराज (pp. 45-81). The verse दशारूप I. 6 (आानन्दनिस्यन्दिषु रूपकेषु व्युत्पत्िमात्रं फलमल्पदुद्धिः। योपीति- हासादिवदाह साधुस्तस्म नमः स्वादुपराङमुखाय) seems to ridicule मामह I. 2. There is a commentary by नृसिंह on धनिक's भवलोक (vide Bulletin of London School of O. Studics, vol. IV. at p. 280). He has also commented on the सरस्वतीकएठाभरण of भोज. There is a very valuable commentary on the Daśarūpaka by Bahurupamisra, for an account of which vide Dr. Raghavan in J. O. R., Madras, vol. VIII. pp. 321-334 and Dr. Raghavan informs me that a post-graduate student has pre- pared for publication a critical edition of the Dasarūpaka with Bahurupa's commentary. Some scholars regarded धनञ्जय and धनिक as identical but that is wrong. Vide for a discussion of this problem Dr. De's H. S. P. vol. I. pp. 131-134. The RET and its commentary भवलोक were probably composed before भमिनव wrote the भमिनवभारती. The earliest datable work of भभिनवगुप्त is the क्रमस्तोत्र composed in 990 A. D. It has been shown above that the दशरूप was composed between 974-996 A. D. and the commentary of धनिक was composed not before 1000 A.D. 1. Vide नवसा० I. 9 नैते कवीन्द्रा: कति काव्यवन्धे तदेव राज्ञा किमर्हं नियुक्तः । and the closing verse 'यञ्चापलं किमपि मन्दभिया मवैबमावनित नरपते नवसाहसाक। आजब हेतुरिड ते शवनीकृतोअराजन्यमौसिङसमा न कविस्वदर्प: ।।'.