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hardly any writer ascribes the वृत्ति to मङ्गक.1 On the contrary, even such south Indian writers as कुमारस्वामी (vide रत्नापय pp.393, 396, 425. 448) and TTaTa (pp. 251, 342-43, 352, 482) ascribe both the sutras and the urtti to the same author. Besides pa, who was himself a very learned Kashmirian and flourished in the first quarter of the 13 century, distinctly ascribes the urtti to the author of the sutras. aa4 wrote about 1300 A. D. and is much later than जयरथ. It is probable that मङ्गक, who was a pupil of 5, took great pains to spread the fame of his master's work and in editing it afresh made some additions. It is probably in this way that a few verses from the श्रीकएठ- चरित of मझ (II. 49 on p. 25, and V. 23, VI.16 and X.10 on pp. 114-115) got into the अलं. स. (i. e. the master appears to quote from his pupil's work). That the afu came to be ascrib- ed to Hao is probably due to the fact that quotations from the श्रीकगठचरित occur in it. That unauthorised additions and alterations were made in the vrtti is attested by जयरथ who frequenely complains about the corruptions that crept into the text and about the tampering with the text itself (vide pp. 63, 85, 137, 158, 160); vide also JOR (Madras) vol. XXVI (1956- 57) pp. 40-52 for papers on the 'authorship of the Alankāra- sarvasva' by Mr. S. Venkitasubramonia Iyer, and pp. 53-54 (of the same) by Dr. V. Raghavan. According to the colophona of a ms. of the सहदयलीला, रुचक is another name of रुय्यक, who was the son of राजानकतिलक (vide Pischel's Intro. to शभ्ारतिलक pp. 28-29). जयरथ is positive (p. 130) that the काव्यप्रकाशसक्केत (ascribed to रुचक) was the work of the author of the अलक्ारसर्वस्व. This statement coming from a Kashmirian writer who flourished within less than a century of the स्वस्व is very valuable and should be accepted. The काव्यप्रकाशसङ्केत itself says that the author learnt poetics under facin (vide p. 139 note above). Later writers frequently use

1. But the following passage from the चित्रमीमांसा (p.10) is noteworthy 'कि तु श्लेतस्यालक्कारान्तरविविक्तविषयाभावेन निरवकाशतया मलवर्वेन ... श्लेष एव नोपमेति मङ्गकादिभिरम्युपेयते'. Vide p. 126 of सर्वस्व for this view. 2. The colophon runs 'कृतिः श्रीविपश्चिद्वरराजानकतिलकातमजश्री·