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(I. H. Q. vol. X. pp. 161 ff). He thinks that there is a conflict between Bharata and Abhinava, since on VI. 10 the latter says नाट्य is पश्चाङ and अभिनयs are three.1 When Dr. Manomohan Ghosh refers to N. S. VIII. 12 for नाट्य being षडड he is wrong. In VIII. 12 the reference is not to नाट्य in general but to आद्विका- faa which is spoken of in the preceding verse. Similarly, the view that नाव्य is पश्चाक is not that of अभिनव but of the शद्धs who hold that that was the view of Bharata and also hold that VI. 10 is not Bharata's view but Kohala's. That Abhinava does not subscribe to the views either of the Audbhatas or of Lollata is clear from the last sentence of the passage quoted. Kohala is mentioned in the same breath with Bharata as an authority on dancing in Dāmodargupta's Kuttanīmata (latter half of the 8th century A. D .. ).2 In the बालरामायण of राजशेखर there is a नाटयाचार्य कोहल who addresses Ravana with the words 'परमेष्ठिनो मानसभुवः प्रथमपुत्रस्य नाट्ययोनेर्भरताचार्यस्य कृतिरभिनवं सीतास्वयंवर इति नाटकं प्रयोक्तव्यम्' (before Act III. 12)3. The रसार्यवसुधाकर of शिक्ष्भूपाल mentions भरत, शाश्डिल्य, कोहल, दत्तिल and मतन as authors of works on नाटय (I. 50-52). The कुट्टनीमत (in verses 122-123) mentions दत्तकाचार्य (v. 1. दन्तिलाचार्य) along with कामशास writers like वात्स्यायन and दन्तिल along with भरत and विशाखिल. A Dattakasutravrtti is mentioned in Epigraphia Carnatica vol. IX. D. B. 68 of 517 A.D. as composed by Madhava son of Konganivarma from whom Avinita was 4th in decent and whose son made the grant in Ep. Car. Whether the two are identical is doubtful. दन्तिल is one of the भरतपुत्र (नाट्य. I. 26). Mr. Kavi (in J. A.H. R.S. vol. III. p. 24) says that Dattila is authoritative on TarS and arers and that his work is called गान्धववेदसार and is available.4 Mr. Kavi (Intro. to vol. I. p. 6) quotes a passage from the I संग्रहं दशयति रसा भावा इत्यादिना। ... अभिनयत्रयं गीतातोधे चेति पञ्चाक्ग नाट्यम् -...... अ्रनेन तु श्लोकेन कोहलमते एकादशाऊत्वमुच्यते न तु भरते। तत्सङगृहीत- स्यापि पुनरत्रोद्देशात् निर्देशे चैतत्क्रमव्यत्यासनादित्यौङ्भटाः । नैतदिति भट्टलोल्लटः । ... वयं त्वत्र तत्त्वमग्रे वितनिष्याम इ्त्यास्तां तावत् । vol. I. pp. 265-266. 2 विटखटके का नृत्यति कोइलभरतोदितक्रियया ॥81. 3 Vide my paper 'Fragments from Kohala' in Proccedings of All India O. Conference at Patna (1930) pp. 577-580. 4 अभिनवगुप्त (vol. I. p. 205) quotes an अनुष्टभ verse from दत्तिल on a ध्रुवा (G.O. S. ed. नाटयशाख IV. 326 p. 205=Ch.ed. IV. 316-317.