279. 280 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETIOS

280 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETIOS

In the Tri. S. Series a work callad साहित्यमीमांसा was published in 1934, the edition being based on a single ms. although a fragment of another ms. from Tanjore was also available for comparison. The editor points out that in several places there are gaps and lacunae. The work is a large one. It is in the form of kārikas, a vrtti in prose and illustrations. Unfortunately the name of the author is not given either at the beginning or at the end. About six hun- dred verses are quoted from numerous sources in this work, out of which one hundred are prakrit. It is divided into eight prakaranas, the first and last being very brief (about two printed pages each). A brief summary is given here. I. Salutation of vacya and vacaka (which stand for Para and Apara Brahma), enumeration of the topics to be discussed in the work viz. eight topics of वृत्ति, विवक्षा, तात्पर्य, प्रविभाग, व्यपेक्षण, सामर्थ्यं, अन्वय, ऐकार्थ्य (these eight are called साहित्य); 4 topics that set off साहित्य (i. e. साहित्यपरिष्कार) viz. दोषत्याग, गुखाधान, अलक्कारयोग and रसान्वय; four kinds of कवि viz. सत्कवि, विदग्धकवि, भरोचकिकवि, सतृखाभ्यवहारककवि; three kinds of रसिक viz. उत्तम, मध्यम, अधम (i. e. सात्त्विक, राजस and तामस); II. definition of वृत्ति (as पदानां व्यापारः), which is three-fold मुख्या, लक्षणा, गौणी; definitions of these three; definitions of विवक्षा, प्रविभाग (into प्रकृति and प्रत्यय, वाक्य, महावाक्य), व्यपेक्षण (आकांता), सामर्थ्य (भेद, संसर्ग and उभय), अन्वय (परस्परग्रथन), ऐेकार्थ्य (एकवाक्यता) and their examples; these eight constitute साहित्य (साहित्य is language and grammar and not poetics), diffe- rence between साहित्य and काव्य (the latter is साहित्य with four परिष्कारs, दोषत्याग &c.); III. Dosas, six of पद viz. अप्रयुक्त, ग्राम्य, भसमर्थ, भनर्थक, साधारण, प्रसिद्धार्थ (?); विरुद्ध of various kinds is defined and illustrated (there is loss of a page or two); IV Guņas of काव्य, शब्दगुखs being बाह्य and अरथगुखs being आभ्यन्तर; ten गुरs (श्लेष प्रसाद: समता माधुर्ये सुकुमारता। अर्थव्यक्तिरुदारत्वमोज: कान्तिसमाधयः ॥)1; their definitions and illustrations; V defininition of अलक्कार (काव्ये शोभाकरान धर्मानलक्कारान्प्रचक्षते ।, which is काव्यादर्श II. 1); difference between गएs and अलक्कारS; अलङ्कारso शब्द are अनुप्रास, क्रम, श्लेष, मुद्रा, दोपक, युक्ति, पठिती, गुम्फना, चित्र, यमक; their definitions and exampl- es; लाटानुप्रास; the three वृक्तिs called परुषा, उपनागरिका and कोमला; अलक्वारs of अर्थ are उपमा, रूपक, उत्प्रेक्षा, व्यतिरेक, विभावना, अपर्नुति, भ्रम, साम्य, संशय, सक्कर; definitions and illustrations; other भलक्वारs are 1. This very verse is काव्यादर्श I. 41.