Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c17.11

v1.c17.11

It seems probable, therefore, that Rudraṭa should be placed between the first quarter of the 9th century and its end; and it will not be wrong if we accept the most plausible date assigned to him by Pischel¹, viz., the middle of the 9th century². This date makes him a contemporary of Ānandavardhana, who never cites or refers to Rudraṭa, as he does to other well-known predecessors, and by whom this peculiar ālaṃkārika connotation of vakrókti, if known, was not apparently recognised.