90. BHĀMAHA 87

BHĀMAHA 87

and are taken from the महाभाष्य on पाशिनि III. 1.7. The verse यं प्रेच््य is quoted by उद्भटंविवेक (p. 44) without name. No comme- ntary on the work has been found. The only one that is known to have been composed, the भामहविवरण or मामहवृत्ति of 3Rz, has not been yet recovered. Therefore, too much empha- sis cannot be laid on the words 'स्वयंकृतरेव' etc. It is possible that most of the verses being his own compositions, he could say स्वयंकृतरेव on the analogy of छत्रिन्याय. भामह is expressly named twice by the ध्वन्यालोक p. 46 (about पर्यायोत ) and p. 259 (about the verse सैषा II. 85). Vide under वामन. Among the authors and works mentioned by name are the following :- अच्युतोत्तर of रामशर्मा (II. 19 and 58), भश्मकवंश (I.33), कभक्ष (V.17), न्यास (VI. 36), पाशिनि (called also सालातुरीय, VI. 62-63), मेधाविन्, रत्नाहरण, (III. 8), राजमित्र (a work, II. 45, III. 10), शाखवर्धन (II. 47). Of these only five viz. शच्युतोत्तर, अश्मकवंश, रत्नाहरण, राजमित्र, and शाखवर्धन are names that are not known from other sources. From the भश्मकवंश no quotation is taken by भामह. It is doubtful whether रत्नाहरण is really the title of a work (उवाच रत्नाहरये चैधं शाङधनुर्यथा। गृहेष्ब- ध्वसु वा नान्नं भुन्ज्महे यदधीतिनः । न मुअते द्विजास्तच्व रसदाननिवृत्तये ।I). The examples cited from शाखवर्धन and रामशर्मा are cited only for illustrating faults and they are quoted by नमिसाधु (on रुद्रट XI. 24.) from मेधावी and in the काव्यप्रकाश (without name). Because these are deemed to be authors and works not referred to else- where, therefore it has been urged by some (e. g. Nobel in 'Foundations of Indian Poetics' p. 15) that भामह is very anci- ent. There is nothing of the sort. A few years ago even भामह's work was not found. We do not know what the future may discover to us and should be loth to dogmatise on the scanty data at present available. Besides, having decided to give illustrations composed by himself there was hardly any scope for quoting from ancient authors. Among the authors and works referred to but not named are भरत (I.24 'उक्तं तदमिनेयार्थमुक्तोऽन्यैस्तस्य विस्तर:), महाभाष्य of पतञलि (VI.31). Compar the verysimilar words of the काव्यादर्श I. 31 मिश्राषि नाटकादीनि तेष/मन्यत्र विस्तरः.' In IV. 22 he mentions सूत्रकृत (पाशिनि), पदकार (कात्यायन)and इषप्रयोग (महाभाष्य). As regards other writers and works supposed to be quoted or referred to, vide below on the age of Bhamaha. arHx refers to the story of वृत्सेश (IV.39) and of नरवाहनदत (IV. 49), both