308. BHĀNUDATTA 309

BHĀNUDATTA 309

by Pandit Badarinath Jha verses of mara and his father alone are included and in some of them verses of aas addressed to निजामशाह, कृष्ण and वीरभातु are quoted. But this may only prove that ma had the patronage of these three. Recently, Prof. G. V. Devasthali has published a work called अलक्कारतिलक of भानुदन्त (based on three mss.) in J.B.B.R. A. S. (New Series) vol. 23 pp. 57-82 and vol. 24-25 pp. 93-120. It is divided into five uf=eas. It is in mixed prose and verse. The illustrations are the author's own or of his father who is frequently quoted (pp. 60, 61, 62, 94, 95 &c.). The contents are: परिच्छेद I : after Mangala in honour of वाराहावतार and refe- rence to himself as भानुसत्कषि, he states that rasas are the soul, kāvya is the body, gati, rīti, vrtti, absence of doșas, guņas and alankāras are the indriyas, vyutpatti is prāņa and abhyāsa is mind; three kinds of kāvya, uttama, madhyama, adhama; kāvya is of four kinds acc. to language, संस्कृत, प्राकृत, अपभ्रंश, मिश्र; sabda, and artha are kāvya and rīti is a characteristic (f) of kāvya; 6 ritis; वृत्तिs कैशिकी &c. II discussion about दोषड, dosas of पद, वाक्य, वाक्यार्थ; III gunas of three kinds बाह्य, भान्तर and वैशेषिक; बाह्यगुराs are of शब्द and आन्तर of अर्थ; 24 gunas, श्लेष &c. IV Defi- nition of अलद्वार (शपाधिकप्रकर्षहेतुरलक्कार:); six अलक्कारs of शब्द, वक्रोकि, अनुप्रास, यमक, श्लेष, चित्र, पुनरुक्तवदाभास acc. to काव्यप्रकाश and गति, रीति, वृत्ति, छाया &c. in addition acc. to कण्ठाभरय; V अर्थालक्कारs, in all 71. भानुदत्त closely follows the सरस्वतीकएठाभरण in the matter of the number of वृर्तिs, the दोषड of पद, बाक्य and वाक्यार्थ and in other matters. Among the authors and works quoted are :

गणपति, divided into ten chapters called पल्लवs. In the 2nd and 3rd पल्मवs there are 89 verses of which 80 are those of भानुदर himself in which king Nijam Shah or simply Nijam is praised in 14 verses, वीरभान in five verses, king कृष्ण in two and king संग्रामसाहि in only one. Dr.De thought that Nizamshah was the first founder king of Ahmednagar, while Pandit Ramanath Jha thinks (Journal, Patna University vol. III cited above) that he is the 2nd king of that dynasty and gou is the Krishna- deva Raya of Vijayanagar who ascended the throne in 1509 A. D. and reigned up till 1530. These are all conjectures and the only solid basis is that argea had married a sister of मिसरुमिश्र. Therefore भानुदर must have lived between 1450 to 1500 A. D.