Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c23.18

v1.c23.18

Rājaśekhara himself is indebted to many old writers and cites directly the opinions of Medhāvirudra (p. 12), Udbhaṭa and Audbhaṭas (pp. 22, 44), Vāmana and Vāmanīyas (pp. 14, 20), Rudraṭa (p. 31), Maṅgala (pp. 11, 14, 16, 20) and Ānanda (p. 16), besides unnamed authors who are cited under the general designation ācārya². We also find the names of Aparājita (who is quoted in *Subhāṣitāvalī* 1024, and mentioned as a contemporary poet and author of *Mṛgāṅkalekhā-kathā* in *Karpūra-mañjarī*, ad i 8 but given in our text as Āparājiti), Surānanda, one of his ancestors, his wife Avantisundarī, Pālyakīrti (p. 46), Śyāmadeva (pp. 11, 13, 17) and Vākpatirāja³ (p. 62), all of whom, as the citations show, seem to have expressed some opinions on the topics under discussion.