256. 256 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETIOS

256 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETIOS

in the 7th उल्लास the काव्यप्रकार seems to follow the म्यक्िविवेक very closely in pointing out dosas. If this is the case as appears very likely, then महिममह flourished between 1020 and 1050 A. D. Even supposing that the reference by मम्मट to ग्यक्तिविवेक is doubtful, he must be deemed to have flourished between 1020 to 1100 A. D. गोपाल in his com. on काव्यप्र. has a verse on महिममट्ट.1 The commentary as published is unfortunately incom- plete (i. e. only on the first two विमशs). The author's name is not given. But he appears to have been the same as the author of the वृत्ति in the अलक्गार सर्वस्व. On p. 44 the commen- tator says that he wrote हर्षचरितवार्तिक and on p. 32 that he wrote साहित्यमीमांसा and नाटकमीमांसा, while the author of the अलक्कारसवस्ववृत्ति (p. 77) refers to them as his own works. जयरथ (p. 13) ascribes a commentary on the ग्यक्तिविवेक to the author of the अलक्कारसर्वस्व (वृत्ति) 'व्यक्तिविवेकविचारे हि मयव तदितत्य निर्णीतमिति भाव:'. The commentary is a very learned one, but his stand- point being different from that of the व्यक्तिविवेक (as he is a staunch follower of the ध्वन्यालोक) he frequently takes महिमभट्ट to task. On the third introductory vers (ध्वनिकारस्य वचोविवेचनं नः) he remarks 'यथास्थितपाठे तु ध्वनिकारस्येति वच:शब्दान्वितमिष्यमाएं प्राधान्या द्विवेचनशब्दान्वितं प्रतीयते। एतच्वास्य साहित्यविचारदुर्निरूपकस्य प्रमुख एव स्खलितमिति महान् प्रमाद:'. The commentator pulls him up very frequently for his pride e. g. p. 41 'तदेतदस्य विश्वमगणनीयं मन्यमानस्य स्वात्मन: सर्वोत्कर्षशालिताख्यापनमिति'; vide p. 44 also. But the commentator is prepared to give the author his due; vide pp. 15 and 16 (where he calls him महामति). The commentator gives संग्रहश्ोकs of his own (on p. 3, which contains a reply to a verse of the text and p. 12 which contains a reply to a verse on p. 14 of the text). Older commentators seem to be referred to in the word केचित (on p.32). On p. 20 he quotes the well- known verse 'हेम्नो (हेम्ना) भारशतानि' about हर्ष and बाय and another verse about भर्तमेयठ. He refers to a work called बहती (p. 45) which he contemplated writing. He quotes भनपाद, दणडी (दाएडो ग्रंथ: p.47), a वार्तिक of धर्मकीर्ति (p. 34), उद्भट, ध्वनिकार, वक्रोकिजीवित, वामन, परिमल (p. 53), सहृदय, सौगताः (in Sanskrit p. 41). He discusses readings of the text (pp. 33, 35, 51 about an interpolation). As he is identical with the author of the 1. 'रसामृतनदीममे ध्वनिकारे महागुरौ। अनुमायापि महिमा काव्यगोष्ठी न सुश्ति।।' (p.3).