273. 274 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT PORTIOS

274 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT PORTIOS

मम्मट being a brother of उवट, but he cannot then be the brother of कयट, whose father was जैयट. The Kashmirian pandits say that मम्मट was the maternal uncle of शरीहर्ष, the author of the नैष- भीय (Buhler's K. Report p.68). मम्मट was a man of great eru- dition and vast reading. He seems to have been a profound student of grammar also. He quotes the महाभाष्य and the वाक्य- पदीय, places the divisions of उपमा on a grammatical basis, takes क्रिया in the sense of हेतु (in the definition of विभावना), follows the views of grammarians about the सक्केत of words (जात्यादि:), speaks of the grammarians as learned men par excellence. He wrote another work called शब्दव्यापारविचार (published by Nirņaya-sagar Press). In chat work he discusses in greater detail the subject of his 2nd उल्लास (viz. अभिधा and लक्षणा). He was styled ta, which is a title borne by Kashmirian brah- manas even now. It means 'almost a king'. Vide राजतर० (VI. 261) 'राभ्ी कृतश्भावेन सापि मन्त्रिक्षभान्तरे। तमाजुहाव निर्दोहं स्वयं राजानका- क्यया।'. मम्मट became the most popular writer on Poetics throughout India, as the large number of commentaries (about 75 yet discovered) testifies. मम्मट quotes अमिनवगुप्त (who was still living in 1015 A. D.) and नवसाइसाकचरित (composed about 1005 A. D.). He also refers to the liberality of भोज to learned men (यदिद्द्भवनेषु भोज- नृपतेस्तस्यागलीलायितं on उद्ास). Even if this verse was composed during afra's life-time, it must have been composed towards the latter part of his life, as it would take some years before his fame spread abroad. It was shown above that भोज could not have ruled beyond 1054 A. D. Hence the काव्यप्रकाश is not most probably earliar then 1050 A.D. हेमचन्द्र wrote his काव्या- नुशासन about 1143 A.D. and mentions मम्मट (vide p. 271 above). The काव्यप्रकाश was commented upon by माषिक्यचन्द्र in his सद्टेत in संवद् 1216 (i.e. 1159-1160A.D.) and a ms. of the work is dated aiaq 1215 (i ... 1158). Vide Prof. Gode in J. O. R:, Madras, vol. 13 p. 49 about the date of the ms. It will be established below that the अलक्कारसवंस्व refers to the काव्यप्रकाश and the काव्यप्रकारसक्टेत refers to previous commentaries on the HAT (pp. 3 and 5 of text in Cal. O. J. vol. II). Therefore, the ERT was composed at all events before 1100 A. D. Hence the date of the काव्यप्रकाश lies between 1050 and 1100 A. D. Among the numerous commentaries, those of माणिस्यचन,