61. 58 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

58 HISTORY OF SANSKRIT POETICS

दामोदरगुप्त.1 So he is very much older than अभिनवगुप्त. The B. O. R. I. copy of A. B. p. 420 (on chap. 30, 1 ) states that formerly the sage naF and others propitiated the great god Maheśvara (Siva) by means of the flute made of a bamboo, that it became well-known as वंश, that any hollow tube made even of the Khadira tree can be called सुषिर आतोध2 and then quotes a sloka to the same effect from मत and says later on that मतन has made it clear that even hollow metallic flutes may be used "तथाहि मतङ्- मुनिना 'चत्वारो धातवो वंश इत्यादिना धातुविनियोगोपि प्रदर्शित एव.' On chap. 30 verse 11 the B.O.R.I. copy p. 426 quotes two verses (ślokas) of मतङ्ग. The सङ्गीतचूडामणि of जगदेकमल्ल (1138-1150 A.D.) refers to मतङ and भोज as great writers before him (I.H.Q. vol. 20 p. 87). The सङ्गीतरत्नाकर (I. 15 ff) mentions many authors (p.55). कल्िनाथ on सं. र. I. 3.24 p.38 states that मतङ explained how the स्वरs called षड्ज and others are significant and on I. 3.25 remarks 'सरिगादीनां मतङ्गाभिमतः उद्धारकक्रमः उच्यते.' On सं. र. I. 4. 9. कल्विनाथ says that मतद्ग and नन्दिकेश्वर speak of twelve मूर्छनाs.On सं. र. I. 8. 19 p.146 कल्लिनाथ states the view of मतङ् 'सामवेदे गीतप्रधाने आवृत्तिषु भर्था नाद्रियन्ते इति.'On सं. र. II. 1. 7 कल्लिनाथ remarks that मतङ speaks of seven गीतिs taking into account भाषाs and dialects (विभाषा), while भरत speaks of only four viz. मागधी etc.8 Mr. Kavi (J.Andhra H.R.S.,vol. III. at p. 24) says that मतङ् is the author of बृहद्देशी about 2500 slokas of which are now available. The बृहद्देशी has been referred to dozens of times in the भरतभाष्य of नान्यदेव (ms. ll1. of 1869-70 at B.O.R.I. e. g. folios 86a, 86b, 107 &c.). Recently a work called भरता- सव of नन्दिकेश्वर with translation in English and Tamil has been published in the Tanjore Sarasvati Mahal series No. 74 (1957). It deals with 'नर्तन' (Dance). The ms was incomplete and conta- ins first fiftecn chapter of over 800 verses out of 4000. विशाखिल

1. सुषिरस्वरप्रयोगे प्रतिपादनपसडितो मतक्ञमुनिः। कुट्टनीमत verse 877. 2. पूर्व भगवन्महेश्वराराधानं मतङ्गमुनिप्रभृतिभिर्वशुमितं (वेुना कृतं ?) ततो वंश इति प्रसिद्ध:, वस्तुतस्तु छिद्रात्मकसुषिराभिव्यक्तस्वरविशेषरूपतयवास्योपयोग इति खादि- रादिनिर्मित व्यसनं (?) भवत्येव । तथा चोक्तम्। वंशे सृष्टं यदा पूर्व वंशसक्ता तु वैवी। वंशास्तु खादिरारोप्या : शंशवायत्क ... इति। 3. Vide नाट्यशास्त्र 29. 76-77 अ्रत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवच््यामि गीतीनामपि लक्षयम्।। प्रथमा मागधी शैया द्वितीया चार्धमागधी। सम्भाविता तृतीया च चतुर्थी पृथुला स्मृता।।. These four are also mentioned in सं र. 1.8. 14-16 and कल्लिनाथ says 'अस्या मगधदेशोन्भ्रवत्वान्मागधीति निरुक्तिर्मतशोका'