291. 292 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

292 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

चन्द्रालोक V. 82)1 The चन्द्रालोक defines and exemplifies about 100 figures. This shows that the author is one of the later writers on alankāra. The number of alankāras defined is in favour of a late date. मम्मट defines only 61 figures of sense, the सर्वस्व about 75. Hence the चन्द्रालोक is much later than the अलं.स. and cannot be much earlier than about 1200 A. D. A verse of the प्रसननराघव (कदली कदली &c. I. 37) is quoted in the साहित्यदर्पय (under IV. 3). A few verses of the प्रसन्नराघव are quoted in the शाङ्गवरपद्धति (dated 1363 A.D.) viz. Nos 164 (प्रसन्न० 1. 9), :520 (1. 33), 3557 (2.22), 3626 (7.59), 3631 (7. 60). Therefore, जयदेव must have flourished before 1250 A. D. Hence the चन्द्रालोक is to be placed between 1200 and 1250 A. D. The अलक्कगाररोखर of केशवमिश्र (p. 17) speaks of a poet जयदेवपएडत who vanquished by his logical subtlety the pandits at the court of the king of उत्कल. This probably refers to the author of the चन्द्रालोक. The कुवलयानन्द has a verse at the end 'चन्द्रालोको विजयतां शरवागमसम्भवः। हृदः कुवलयानन्दो यत्प्रसादादभूदयम् ॥. The three words in thick type have two meanings each. वैधनाथ explains that शरदागम is the original work on which the चन्द्रालोक is based. But this is wrong. शरदागम is the name of a com. on the चन्द्रालोक by प्रधोतनभट्टाचार्य patronized by वीरमद्र, a Bundella prince (vide the com. published in the Kashi S. Series in 1929). This प्रघोतन wrote a commentary on the कामसूत्र in 1557 A. D. The कुवलयानन्द expressly states that it incorporates the definitions and examples of the चन्द्रालोक on अर्थालक्वारs (vide under अप्पय्यदीक्षित below). 31. The एकावली of विद्याघर. This work with the commen- tary, तरल of मल्निनाथ, has been edited by Mr. Trivedi in the B. S. series. The work contains three parts, the kārikās, the vrtti and the examples. The peculiarity of this work is that all the examples are composed by विदाधर himself and contain panegyrics of his patron, king नरसिंह of उत्कल (or Orissa). He himself says (Intro. verse 7) 'एष विद्याधरस्तेषु कान्तासमितलक्षणम्। करोमि नरसिंहस्य चाटकोकानुदाहरन्॥'. विदाधर notes (in I. 4-6) that शाख is of three kinds viz. शब्दप्रधान (called मधुसंमित), अर्थप्रधान (called

1. It is noteworthy that in some editions of the चन्द्रालोक ,such as Jivananda's the definitions of विकल्प and विचित्र are 'विरोधे सल्यवलयोविकल्पालक्क ति्मता' and 'विचिन्नं तत्प्रयत्नश्चेद्रिपरीतफलेच्छया'. The definition in the Gujarati Press edition is that of the साहित्यदपय.