64. COMMENTATORS OF NĀȚYASĀSTRA 61

COMMENTATORS OF NĀȚYASĀSTRA 61

one of which is माट्यायित (defined in verse 48). On this भ.भा. (vol. III. p.172) refers to वासव दत्तानाव्यधार composed by the great poet Subandhu as an instance of नाव्यायित (तत्रास्य बहुतरव्यापिनो बहुगर्मस्व- प्नायिततुल्यस्य नाव्यायितस्योदाहरणं महाकविसुबन्धुनिबद्धो वासदत्तानाट्यधाराख्य: समस्त एव प्रयोग:। तत्र हि बिन्दुसार: प्रयोज्यवस्तुके उदयनचरिते &c.) This drama of Subandhu appears to be referred toin A.B. (vol. II. 427) as वासवदत्तानृत्तधार. Whether the महाकविसुबन्धु and the writer सुबन्धु on dramaturgy (referred to by भावप्रकाशन) are identical is doubtful. Probably they are different. In the Govt. collection of mss. (at B.O.R.I.)there is a ms. (No. 111 of 1869-70, described in Cat. vol. 12 pp.377-383) which is called भरतभाष्य or सरस्वतीहृदयालक्कार (and also भरतवार्तिक in the colophon at the end) and which was composed by नान्यपति or नान्यदेव styled in the colophons महासामन्ताधिपति and धर्मावलोक, king ofMithila. It was intended to be a huge work; the above deals only with one (viz. वाचिकांश) out of the four kinds of अभिनय. It is principally a com. on chapters 28 to 33 of the Natyasastra, which deal with music. The author states that he was also called राजनारायख (folio 12a) and was a younger brother of कीतिराज (folio 199a). He mentions another work of his called अ्रन्थमहार्णव. The last verse on folio 221 ends 'तेनायं मिथिलेश्वरेण रचितोऽध्यायोवनद्धाभिष:'. He promises that in 17 chapters he will expound the वाचिकाभिनयs and gives a summary of the names and contents.The ms. (221folios) is old and employs qsawras and is written very closely but in a legible hand. There is some confusion in the ms. Chapters 5 (on अलक्कार), 16 and 17 are wanting. The work is not a commentary on each verse of Bharata, bu the latter is profusely quoted hundreds of times. कश्यप,दत्तिल and नारद also are quoted hundreds of times.बृहत्कश्यप and वृद्धकश्यप arequotedon folios lllb and l14b respectively. बुदद्देशी, मतक, याष्टिक and विशाखिल are quoted dozens of times. Among the other authors and works quoted are नारदीयशिक्षाविवरणकृत (folio 16b), देवराज (sometimes written as देदराज as on folios 69b,70), मेर्वाचार्य (folio 70a), नन्दिमत (205a, 210b), स्वरसंहिताचार्यं (197b), स्वाति (201 a, is called स्वरमुनिः), याज्ञवल्कयस्मृति III. 112-116 (on folio 182a), तुम्बुरु (181b), कालिकापुराख (13la), भगवतपुराख or भागवतपुराख . (138a, 138b). The author closely follows भभिनवशुप्त but rarely na- mes him as on falios 10a,184b. पाखिनि, नारद andअपिशालि(भापिशलि?) are mentioned in one place (8b). He sometimes contrasts his own views with those of भरत, e.g. (13a) गान्धारभामक् भरतेनालौकिकशात्रोपद: र्शितः । अस्मामिश्चागमानुसारेय प्रदर्सित: 15a भरताचार्यस्यास्य शास्त्रे