264. 264 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT PORTIOS

264 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT PORTIOS

कारिका 118, pp. 110-111) the commentator remarks '[ तो' are Marathi words meaning 'srf a:'. There are other commenta- tors who are passed over here. 25 औचित्यविच्यारचर्चा and कविकळ्ाभरण of क्षेमेन. वेमेन्द्र, a Kashmirian, was a voluminouswriter and wrote on a variety of subjects. He wrote the भारतमव्जरी, the बृहत्कथामब्जरी and about forty other works. The राजत० (I. 13) refers to his नृपावलि (राजावलि) which has not yet been found. His contribution to Poctics was meagre and he did not exert any appreciable influ- ence over the Alankarasastra. In his स्षवृत्ततिलक (divided into three विन्यासंs) he makes very interesting remarks upon metres, gives directions as to their employment and points out in what metre certain poets excelled e. g. अभिनन्द in अनुष्टभ्, पाशिनि in उपजाति, भारवि in वंशस्थ, कालिदास in मन्दाक्रान्ता, रत्नाकर in वसन्ततिलक, भवभूति in शिखरिखी, राजशेखर in शादलविक्रोडित. His औचित्यविचारचर्चा (K. M. ed. of 1929) contains kārikās with his own urtti and illustrations taken from numerous authors and works (includ- ing his own). His position is that भौचित्य (appropriateness) is the essence of rasa, 'शचित्यस्य चमत्कारकारिणश्चारुचवये। रसजीवित- भूतस्य विचारं कुरुतेऽधुना' (कारिका 3) and defines शचित्य as 'उचितं प्रादुरा- चार्या: सदृशं किल यस्य यद। उचितस्य च यो भावस्तदौचित्यं प्रचक्षते ।' (7). Then he illustrates औचित्य in connection with पद, वाक्य, प्रबन्धार्थ, गुख (such as भोज:), अलक्कार, रस, क्रिया, कारक, लिङ्, वचन, उपसर्ग, काल, aT and several other matters. His method is to give an appropriate example on each topic and also to cite an inappro- priate one. In the भौचित्य० he simply developes what the ध्वन्या- लोक had laid down (in III. 7-14 and pp. 174-186) and which the o had summarised in the verse 'अनौचित्यादृते नान्यंद्रसभङ्गस्य कारखम्। प्रसिद्धौचित्यबन्धस्तु रसस्योपनिषत्परा ॥' (p.180).1 For want of space the numerous authors and works quoted by him are not given here. He quotes परिमल, the कुन्तेश्वरदौत्य of कालिदास, गौडकुम्भकार, भट्मल्लट, भट्टतौत and his own guru भटृगङ्गक.2 In the 1. In the वक्रोकिजीवित also it is stated (in कारिकाs I. 37 and 38, pp. 52-54 of Dr. De's ed.) that भौचित्य is a quality common to all the three margas mentioned by it. यत्र वकुः प्रमातुर्वा वाच्यं शोभातिशायिना। ाच्छाधते स्वभावेन तद्रप्यौचित्यमुच्यते॥ I. 31. रघुवंश 5. 15 and किराताजनीय 8.6 are cited as examples of this verse. 2. There is a com. called सहृदयतोषिणी on the भौचित्यविचार- at published at Madras in 1906. Vide Dr, De's H. S. P. vol.