Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c12.22

v1.c12.22

As instances of the first group of passages, we may cite Bh ii 81 and D ii 214, Bh iii 52 and D iii 363, Bh iii 5 and D ii 276, Bh iii 8 and D ii 295, Bh iv 8 and D iv 5. The verbal coincidence, indicated by these passages, is so striking that there can be no doubt that it should be taken as something more than merely accidental. It does not, however, preclude the possibility of their being taken from a common source, or being standardised definitions common enough in such technical treatises.