294. PRATĀPARUDRAYASOBHŪŞAŅA 295

PRATĀPARUDRAYASOBHŪŞAŅA 295

The रत्नापख of कुमारस्वामिन् is a good commentary, though inferior to the तरल of मल्िनाथ He quotes a host of writers, among whom the following deserve to be noted-अलक्कार चूडामणि, एकावली, एकावलीतरल, कविकल्पद्रुम, गोपाल, चक्रवर्तिन् (author of अलक्गार- सर्वस्वसजीविनी), दशरूपक्, नरहरि, नाटकप्रकाश, पञ्चपादिका, पदमजरी, भट्टमल्ल, भावप्रकाश, भोजराज, महिमभट्ट, मानसोल्लास, रसनिरूपण (of नरहरि), रसमज्जरी, रसाएष, रुचक, वसन्तराजीय, विदग्धमुखमएडन, विदयाधर, शारदातनय, शिङ्जभूपाल, शृङ्गारप्रकाश, सजजीविनी, साहित्यचिन्तामणि, साहित्यदर्पण, हेमचन्द्र. Another com. रत्नशाय is incomplete and refers to रत्नापय. 33. The काव्यानुशासन of वाग्भट. This वाग्भट is वाग्भट II, This work has been published in 1915 in the K. M. series to- gether with the commentary अलक्कारतिलक composed by the author himself. The work consists of sutras in prose, afa and examples mostly borrowed. The work is divided into five अव्यायs. The main part is in the form of sūtras in prose and the explanation and all illustrations occur in the commentary. The first eara dwells upon the प्रयोजन of काव्य, the hetu of kauya (viz. प्रतिभा aided by व्युत्पत्ति and अभ्यास) and the definitions of these; con- ventions of poets; definition of kāvya and its divisions a, yu and मिश्र; definitions of महाकाव्य, आख्यायिका, कथा, चम्पू, मिश्रकाव्य (the ten रूपकs and गेयs). The second chapter deals with the 16 dosas of पद and वाक्य, 14 dosas of sense, speaks of the ten gunas according to Dandin and Vamana, but gives as its opinion that the gunas are really three, माधुय, ओोजस, and प्रसाद; and mentions the ritis, वैदर्ी, गौडीया and पाश्चाली. The third chap. defines 63 alankāras of sense, of which the following deserve mention as being somewhat rare : अन्य, अपर, पूर्व, लेश, पिहित, मत, उभयन्यास, भाव, and आशीः. The fourth chap. treatsof six alankaras of sabda, चित्र, श्लेष, त्रनुप्रास, वक्रोक्ति, यमक, पुनरुक्तवदाभास, and their varieties. The fifth chapter dilates upon the nine rasas, विभावS, अनुभावs, व्यमिचारिभावs, the varieties of नायक and नायिका, the ten stages of love and the dosas of rasas. The author was a Jain. He mentions the country of मेदपाट (Mewad) and the towns of राइडपुर and नलोटकपुर. He was the son of नेमिकुमार and is to be distinguished from वाग्भट I who was the author of वाग्भटालक्कार, as he himself mentions the latter 'दषिडवामनवाग्भटादि- p. 47), 'Indian Culture' vol. III. pp. 465-475; J. of Andhra H. R. S. vol. III. pp. 111-118 on 'some interesting facts about the Kakatiyas' by Mr. M. Rama Rao. काकती is the name of दुर्गा. The काकतीय rulers were sudras and saivas.