Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c11.45

v1.c11.45

Bhaṭṭi x 2 is called *vikrānta* by Bharata and is known as *saṃdaṣṭa* in Rudraṭa. Similarly the *pādānta* illustrated in x 3 is called *°āmreḍita* in Bharata; while *cakravāla* of Bharata is different from the figure so named in Bhaṭṭi and seems to coincide with the *kāñcī* of the latter, while the *kāñcī* of Bharata is an altogether different sub-species It appears that names like *vṛnta*, *mithuna*, or *vipatha* cannot be traced in any of the existing works, but some of the kinds illustrated by Bhaṭṭi under these strange names may be found under different designations in other writers later than Bhaṭṭi. In naming these in Bhaṭṭi, Jayamaṅgala is probably following a tradition or an authority entirely unknown to us.