265. KSEMENDRA 265

KSEMENDRA 265

मोभिस्व० he refers to a work of his own called कविकर्णि काकाव्यालद्टार which is not yet found. Whether this is a different work from the कविकयठाभरण is doubtful. His कविकएठाभरय (K.M.ed. of 1937) is divided into five sandhis and has 55 kārikās, the subjects of which are respectively 'तत्राकवेः कवित्वाप्तिः शिक्षा प्राप्तगिर: कवेः। चमत्कृतिश् शिवासी गुयदोषोद्गतिस्ततः ॥ पश्चात्परिचयप्राप्तिरित्येते पश् सन्य: ।' (I.3-4). He divides pupils into three kinds and poets into छयोपजीवी, पदकोप- जीवी, पादोपजीबी, सकलोपजीवी, भुबनोपजीव्य, and gives certain directions to poets about the wws and dosas of काव्य and the study of व्याकरख, तर्क, नाव्य. In कविकक्ठाभरण III. 2 he speaks of ten kinds of चमस्कार (strikingness, रसास्वाद, विस्मय or वक्रत्व). His own works referred to in the two books are भवसरसार, अमृततरङ (काव्य), कनक- जानकी, क विकर्णिका, चतुव्गसंग्रह, चित्रभारतनाटक, देशोपदेश, नीतिलता, पदकाद- म्वरी, बौद्धावदानकल्पलता, मुक्तावलीकाव्य, मुनिमतमीमांसा, ललितरत्नमाला, लावएयवतो (काव्य), वात्स्यायनसुत्रसार, विनयवल्ली, शशिवंश. In the सुपुत- तिलक he quotes a verse of कलश and in the कविकएठा० (5th सन्धि) the ललिताभिधानमहाकाव्य of his pupil भट्टोदयसिंह and quotes a verse of his pupil राजपुत्रलद्तम खादित्य चेमेन्द्र was the son of प्रकाशोन्द्र and grandson of faay. His family was very rich and his father's benefactions were on a lavish scale.1 He wrote many of his works at the instance of one रामयरस्. In the बुहत्कथामब्जरी he tells us that he learnt साहित्य at the feet of अभिनवगुप्त 'श्रुत्वामिनव- गुप्ताख्याव साहित्यं बोधवारिधे: ।'. He was originally a शैव but was converted to the वैष्याव faith in later life by सोमाचार्य. He calls himself ग्यासदास in almost all works. He wrote his समयमातुका in 25th लौकिककाल i. e. 1050 A. D. and the दशावतारचरित in 41 लौकिक era (i. e. 4141) when कलश was ruling (i. e. 1066 A. D.). The भौचित्य and the कवि० were composed by him in the time of king भनन्त ('तस्य श्रीमदनन्तराजनृपतेः काले किलायं कृतः' भौचित्य० and 'राज्ये श्रीमद- नन्तराजनृपतेः काव्योदयोयं कृतः' कवि०. King Ananta ruled in Kashmir from 1028 to 1063 A. D. and crowned his son कलश in 1063.

I. p. 142. Vide Dr. Raghavan on the 'History of aucitya', J. O. R., Madras, vol. VI, pp. 111-134 and 135-162. 1. At the end of the दशावतारचरित verse 2 is : कश्मीरेवु वभूव सिन्वुरधिक: सिन्धोश् निम्नाशयः प्राप्तस्तस्य गुप्रकर्षयशसः पुत्रः प्रकाशेन्द्रताम् । विप्रेन्द्र प्रतिपादितान्नदानवनभूगोसव्कृष्णाजिनः प्रख्यातातिशयस्य तस्य तनयः क्षेमेन्द्र- नामाभवव्।।'. At the end of the भारतमब्जरी (K.M. ed. pp.849-850 verses 3-5) बेमेन्द्र specifies some of the great bencfactions of his father and a few ones at the end of the भौचित्यविचारचर्चा