292. EKĀVALĪ 293

EKĀVALĪ 293

मित्रसंमित, such as इतिहास i. e. महाभारत) &c.) and ध्वनिप्रधान (called कान्तासंमित). In this respect it resembles the प्रतापरुद्रयशोभूषण, the नज्जराजयशोभूषण, the रघुनाथभूपालीय and the अलक्कारमन्जूषा. The work is divided into eight उन्मेषs, the subjects of which are :- I the hetu of काव्य (प्रतिभा, बद्ुशाखतदर्शिता and अभ्यास), definition of काव्य, discussion of the views of भामह, महिमभट्ट and others; II. word is वाचक, लाक्षणिक and व्यञ्ञक and discussion of the three powers, भभिषा, लक्षया andव्यञना; III. sub-divisions of ध्वनि; IV. treatment of गुखीभूतव्यक्षय; V. gunas (three) and three ritis; VI: dosas; VII alańkāras of śabda; VIII alankāras of sense. In the first s-au, विधाधर is a thorough-going follower of the ध्वन्यालोक. His work is based on the काव्यप्रकाश and the अलक्कारसर्वस्व. In the treat- ment of alarkaras he prefers the सर्वस्व to the काव्यप्रकाश e.g. he defines the figures परिणाम, उल्लेख, विचित्र and विकल्प almost in the same words as the स्वस्व, which do not occur in the काव्यप्रकाश at all. Among others he names the following :- अभिनवगप्त, अल- क्वारसवस्व, काव्यप्रकाश, बिहय, भोज, मदिमभट्ट, वामन, श्रीहर्ष, हम्मीर, हरिहर and अर्जुन, and quotes from दशरूप, नैषधीय, राजशेखर. He wrote another work केलिरहस्य on Erotics; vide Trivedi's Intro. pp.XV-XVI. Mr. Trivedi (in his Introduction) collects all the data for arriving at the age in which विद्याधर flourished and comes to the conclusion (p. XXIII) that he was patronised either by केसरिनरसिंह (1282-1307) or प्रतापनरसिंह (1307-1327 A. D.). The Intro. verse 11 mentions the poet हरिहर and king भजुन (i.e. भर्जुनवर्मदेव), for whose dates vide p. 272 above. Therefore एकावली is later than the first half of 13th century. The रसार्यव- सुधाकर of शिक्ष्भूपाल (about 1330 A. D.) refers to the एकावली 'उत्कलाधिपतेः शृङ्गाररसाभिमानिनो नरसिंहदेवस्य चित्तमनुवर्तमानेन विधाधरेण कविना बाढमभ्यन्तरीकृतोसि। एवं खलु समर्थितमेकावल्यामनेन' (p. 206 of Trivandrum ed.) and on pp. 258 and 277 शिङ्गभूपाल quotes प्रसन्नराघव; therefore the एकावली must have been composed bet- ween 1285-1325 A. D. The तरल is a model commentary. It is from the pen of the famous commentator of the mahakauyas. मलि० flourished probably at the end of the 14th century and in the beginning of the 15th century. Vide Trivedi's Intro. pp. XXIV-XXX for the life and works of मल्निनाथ. 32. The प्रतापरुद्रयशोभूषण of विद्यानाथ. An excellent edition of this work, with the commentary called रत्नापय by कुमारस्वामिन son of मल्िनाथ, was brought out by Mr. Trivedi in the B. S.