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Yamalastakatantra in which it is said that the Upaveda Gāndharva comprises 3,000 ślokas. The Bhāvaprakāśana (G. O.S. ed., X. 34-35) states that Bharatas made up two epitomes from the Natyaveda, one containing 12000 ślokas and the other containing 6000 ślokas. Mr. Kavi asserts ( in J. A. H. R. S. vol. III. at p. 23) that qanra wrote a work in 12000 granthas a part of which is now available, while Bharata produced the Natyasastra in 6000 slokas. The भावप्रकाशन of शारदातनय (1175- 1250 A. D.) says that Bharata dealt with rasas in Nātyaveda and that Bharatavrddha with the prose portion, of which it gives a sample (एवं हि नाट्यवेदेऽस्मिन् भरतेनोच्यते रसः। नथा भरतवृद्धेन कथितं गद्य- मीदृसम् । यथा नानाप्रकारव्यजनौषध: पाकविशेषश्व &c.).1 In the B.O. R. I. cat. of mss. (vol. XII. p. 453) there is a work called नाट्यसवस्व- दीपिका, that professes to be a commentary on आदिभरत which comprised five skandhas (समवाय, शिक्षा, भाव, उल्लास, वैशेषिक) divided into 32 chapters, 221 prakaranas and which contained 6000 ślokas. Some commentators of Sanskrit dramas quote verses from both आदिभरत and भरत. For example, Raghavabhatta in his commentary अरथय्योतनिका on the शाकुन्तल quotes at least 17 times verses from आदिभरत (most of which are either found in the extant Nāțyasāstra or have their parallels in the present work) and at least eleven times from Bharata. It is to be noted that when quoting from Bharata he often makes a reference to the chapter and then quotes a verse or verses,ª but in the case of Adibharata he merely quotes a verse or verses and refers to no chapter. It is possible that Raghavabhatta had before him two separate mss., of which one was called आदिभरत and the other भरत, though many passages were common to both. In one place he has the following interesting passage 'सूत्र-मूलभरतटीकाकाराभिनवगुप्ताचार्यसंमता श्रवान्तररूपाष्टपदा मूलकारेय स्वयमेव द्वादशपदोदाहता'. It appears that he makes a distinction between सूत्र and मूलभरत. It is generally com- paratively later writers that make a distinction between आरदिभरत and भरत. For example, बहुरूपमिश्र in his commentary on the दशरूपक

I This गद्य is very like the passage 'यथा नानाव्यअनौषधिद्रव्यसंयोगात् & c. (in chap. VI. p. 71 after the रससूत्र in Ch. ed.). 2 भरतः प्रथमाध्याये 'पूर्व कृता मया नान्दी०'. (I.57); पञ्चमाध्याये च 'सूत्रधारः पठेशान्दी०' (V. 106-107); पञ्चमाध्याये भरतः-नमोस्तु सर्वदेवेभ्य:० (V. 107- 111); तथा च षोडशाध्याये भरतः-विभूषरं चाक्षरसंहतिश्च (K.M. 16. 1-4 footnote).