Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c23.14

v1.c23.14

The published text of the *Kāvya-mīmāṃsā* is apparently the first part of a projected extensive volume, of which a general summary or scheme is given in the first chapter and which is also indicated by occasional remarks (like *rītayas tisras tās tu purastāt* p. 10 and *tam aupaniṣadike vakṣyamaḥ* p. 11) relating to topics to be dealt with in other succeeding parts. If the complete work, as projected, consisted of eighteen *adhikaraṇas*, we have now only one volume surviving on the preliminary topic of *kavi-rahasya* alone¹. Keśava Miśra (pp. 32, 67) quotes three verses from an Alaṃkāra-work by Rājaśekhara, which, if they belong to our author, were apparently taken, as their contents indicate, from some lost chapters on *ubhayālaṃkārika* and *vainodika* respectively.