303. 304 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

304 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

Viśvanātha Kavirāja and his references to forgotten Alankāra writers by Prof. S. P. Bhattachārya in JOI (Baroda) vol. III. pp. 357-365. Tojudge from the number of commentaries, Viśvanātha's work seems not to have enjoyed much popularity except per- haps in Bengal. From the various report's on the search for mss. it appears that there exist five commentaries.1 That of Ramacarana is printed in the Nir. edition. The commentary, though useful in its own way, is not so learned or helpful as the Pradipa or the Uddyota. It seldom gives the sources of the verses quoted in illustration or explanations of them. It very rarely compares the author's definitions with those of other writers. It commits serious mistakes in certain cases.2 Mr. Motilal Banarasidas of Lahore published in 1938 A. D. an edition of the साहित्यदर्पय with two commentaries, viz. the विज्ञप्रिया of महेश्वरभट्ट and the लोचन of अनन्तदास, son of विश्वनाथ himself. The ata is brief, but learned and to the point. The विज्प्रिया is an extensive and learned commentary. महेश्वर commented on the pam also. He flourished about the middle of the 17th century. Recently the Kasi-sanskrita- granthmala (2nd ed. in 1955) published the whole of the Sahityadarpana with a modern sanskrit commentary called Lakşmī by ācārya Krsnamohana Sāstri, and Dr. Satyavrata Sinha has brought out an edition (1957) with a Hindi com- mentary in the Vidyabhavana-granthamāla (Banaras). 35 The रसमञ्जरी and रसतर्राङ्गणी of भानुदत्त. The first work has been published with two commentaries (in the Banaras S. Series) and the second by P. Regnaud in 'La Rhetorique Sanskrite' pp. 43-66 and by the Venkateśwar press, Bombay. The रसतरङ्गिणी is divided into eight तरङ्s; I मझल in honour of कृष्य, definitions, and sub-divisions of भाव, स्थायिभाव; II definition and divisions of विभाव; III अनुभावs (such as कटाक); IV the eight सातत्विकभावS (स्तम्भ, स्वेद, रोमाश् &c.); V व्यमिचारिभावs; VI Rasas and detailed treatment of शृक्वार; VII हास्य and other rasas; VIII three kinds of fe, viz. that due to 1. Viz. that of भनन्तदास, a ms. of which is dated in 1626 A.D .; that of रामचरय written in 1700 A.D., that of मथुरानाथ शुक्ल, the प्रभा of गोपीनाथ and विज्ञप्रिया of महेश्वर. 2. Vide notes on निक्षय (p. 139), विशेष (pp. 255-257), भाविक (pp. 307-308).