5. 2 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

2 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

नन्दिभरतसभ्गीतपुस्तकम्. On p. X of the Introduction to the second volume of the भमिनवभारती (GOS) the editor quotes the following from Abhinavagupta's comment on chapter 29 'यत्कीर्तिधरेण नन्दिकेश्वरमतमत्रागमित्वेन दर्शितं तदस्माभि: साक्षान्न दृष्टं तत्प्रत्ययात्त लिख्यते संख्नेपतः ... एवं नन्दिकेश्वरमतानुसारेखायं चित्रपूर्वरभ्मविधिरिति निबद्ध: ।.' Abhinava says that he has not himself seen Nandikesvara's work, but relying on Kirtidhara he would briefly point out what Nandikeśvara means. Abhinava knows Nandimata from which he quotes a verse on the angahra called recita ( vide GOS. vol. I. p. 171 ). The भावप्रकाशन of शारदातनय ( chap. 3) says that Nandikeśvara taught nātya to Bharata and asked the latter to teach it to bharatas (actors). A work called अभिनयदर्पण in 324 verses attributed to नन्दिकेश्वर has been edited ( with an English translation and a learned Introduction ) by Prof. Manomohan Ghosh in the Calcutta S. Series (1934). The first verse is: आभ्िकं भुवनं यस्य वाचिकं सर्ववाङ्मयम्। आहार्य चन्द्रतारादि तं नुमः सात्त्विकं शिवम्॥1. It refers to the legend of Brahma delivering the नाटयवेद to भरत and mentions भरतमुनि and his doctrines by name in numerous places (e. g. verses 12, 128, 149, 159, 162 &c.). This work differs from the Nātyasāstra in certain particulars, but, as it mentions Bharata and his agama frequently, it must be much later than the present Natyasastra. A work called भरतार्णव is described in the Catalogue, vol. XII, of the Govt. mss. at the BORI at pp. 460-463. It deals with abhinaya and tāla and appears to be a compilation made from the work of Nandikeś- vara by one Sumati. Kāśyapa is recognized as a muni that preceded Bharata and his opinion on rāgas is cited by Abhinava (Intro.p.X to 2nd Vol. of अमिनवभारती, G. O. S.). Three verses of Kasyapa are quoted by कल्लिनाथ on सं. र. II. 2. 31. काश्यप is cited as an authority on metrics in Agnipurāna chap. 336. 22. Vide Dr. De in HSP vol. I. p. 2 note 2. In the ms. 41 of 1924-28 of the A. B. at the Bhandarkar O. Institute pp. 384-391 about 75 verses are quoted from Kasyapamuni.2 The भावप्रकाशन (I. p. 2) quotes a number of I This verse occurs in a. ₹. VII. I also. 2 'अत्र टीकाकार: शङ्कते योऽयं जात्यंशकानां विनियोग उक्तः स कश्यपमुनिमतादि- भिर्विरुध्यते। ... भत्राङः। काश्यपा दैस्तावन्मालव-कैशिकानां तत्तच्चित्तपृत्त्या जीवनौ- चित्यं दृष्टा विनियोग उक्तः ।'; see अमिनवभारती on chap. 29 p.384. Then about 75 verses follow, the last half of which is: इत्येष कश्यपाद्यक्तो विनियोगो निरूपितः ।