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Q. vol.III. pp. 375-394 on Gaudi by Prof. S.P. Bhattacharya; Dr. P. C. Lahiri's 'Concepts of rīti and guna' (1937) and his paper in I. H. Q. IX p. 448 ff 'theory of rīti and guna in Agnipurana' and pp. 835 ff on 'Vamana's theory;' Dr. Raghavan in I. H. Q. X pp. 767-779, in Kuppuswami com. vol. pp. 89-118, 'History of Gunas' in his work on Śrngāra- prakāśa vol. I pp. 258-360 and in 'Some concepts &c.' pp. 131-181 on rīti and pp. 182-193 on 'History of ufe', I. H. Q. vol. 8 pp. 257-266 on 'Kuntaka's conception of gunas'; Dr. De on 'Gaudi rīti' in New I. A. vol. I. pp. 74-76. The sub- ject of rīti and guna has been worn threadbare by the above writings. Another word that is employed is पाक. वामन (in काव्या. सू. बृ. I. 3. 15) quotes the following verse: यत्पदानि त्यजन्त्येव परिवृत्ति- सहिष्णुताम्। तं शब्दन्यासनिष्याता: शब्दपाकं प्रचक्षते ॥. This is quoted in the काव्यमी. on p. 20 as the view of वामनीया: and then the view of अवन्तिसुन्दरी is quoted that this is incapacity (भशक्ति) and not pāka, since great poets are able to express the same matter in many ways. The काव्यमी. (pp. 20-21) mentions several kinds of पाकs such as नारिकेलपाक, क्रमुकपाक, मृद्ीकापाक. The एकावली offers (p. 22) several definitions of ure which are passed over here. Vide above for reference to भभिपुराय. The s्व. in several places employs the word सङ्टना (III. 2, 5). This is dealt with below under 'ध्वनि school'. 12 The Vakrokti theory. The word वक्रोकि has been used in literature from ancient times and bears several mea- nings. बाख (कादम्बरी para 44 of my edition and Peterson's p. 51) speaks of 'gay men expert in वक्रोकि' (वक्रोक्तिनिपुयोन विलासिजनेन). In another place where चन्द्रापीड makes a bantering humorous speech (कीडालाप) about the quarrel of the parrot परिहास and the jealous maina, theparrot addresses him with the word 'RaTf वुध्यत एवं तावतीर्वकोक्ती:, शयमपि जानात्येव परिहासजल्पितानि। ... अभू मिरेषा भुजअभङङ्गिभाषितानाम् । Peterson's ed.pp, 195-196. Here वक्रोकि is used in the sense of क्रीडालाप or परिहासजल्पित1 In the अमरुशतक (23) also the word is used in the same sense 'सा पत्युः प्रथमेपराध-

  1. It is surprising that in spite of these reference to वक्रोफि in the कादम्बरी Dr. De states on p. XI of his Intro.to बक्रोक्तिजीवित (first edition) 'they (i. e. Subandhu and Bana) have not mentioned vakrokti.'