285. 286 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

286 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

काव्य. A third commentary called सव्जीविनी composed by विधाचक- बर्तिन is quoted by मल्निनाथ in his तरल (pp. 31, 221), in the रत्ना- पण (pp.54,319,377, 387 &c.) and in चित्रमीमांसा (pp.7,74). That commentary contained verses summarising the distinctions between figures (e. g. between रूपक and परिणाम). Dr. Raghavan informs me that a postgraduate student of his has prepared for the Press a critical edition of the भलं. स. with the comme- ntary of विधाचऋ्रवतिन. 28 The वाग्भटालकर of वाग्भट. This work with the com- mentary of सिंहदेवगणि has been published in the K. M. series (1933). There are two बाग्भट's in अलक्कारशाब. This is the first. The work is not an elaborate treatise. It is divided into five परिच्छेदs, which contain 260 verses. Most of the verses are in the Anustubh metre, a few, particularly at the end of each परिच्छेद, being composed in other metres. There is a single passage in prose for illustrating ओजोगुख (III. 14). The passage

The first परिच्छेद defines काव्य, gives प्रतिमा as the source of काव्य and defines प्रतिभा, व्युत्पत्ति and भभ्यास, speaks of the favoura- ble circumstances for the out-turn of poetry and the conventions to be observed by poets. The second uf?o says that kāvya may be composed in four languages, संस्कृत, प्राफृत, अपभ्रंश and भूतभाषा, divides काव्य into metrical (छन्दोनिबद्ध) and non-metrical, into पध, गद् and मिश्र and then defines and illustrates eight dosas of pada and of vakya and the dosas of artha. The third ufto defines and illustrates the ten gunas. The fourth परि० treats of four alankaras of sadha viz. चित्र, वक्रोक्ति, अनुप्रास and यमक and their varieties and 35 alankaras of sense and the two styles arnf and गौडीया. The fifth परि० is concerned with the treatment of nine rasas, the different kinds of नायक and नायिका and kindred topics. The author was a Jain. His name occurs as बाहड or वाहड (in Prakrit) and he seems to have been the son of सोम and was a minister. On the verse बंभएडसुत्तिसंपुड-मुत्तिभरमशियो पहासमूह उ्व। 1. The five paksas are: first the Alankara school of Udbhata and others, 2nd of Vamana (the riti school), the third of वक्रोकिजीवित, 4th of भट्टनायक and 5th of भानन्दवर्धन. Vide समुदबन्ध p.4. The अनुमानपक of व्यक्तिविवेक is unworthy of serious . consideration acc. to the वृषि in भलं. स.