Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c24.13

v1.c24.13

¹ Wilson, *Select Specimens*, 3rd ed. I xx, xxi, endorsed by Hall p. 3 notes. It is curious to note that Dhanika (on iv 23 ed Parab) quotes *nidrārdha°* which occurs in the *Caura-pañcaśikā* (ed. Solf no. 36) attributed to Bilhaṇa: but this anonymous quotation (which also occurs in Kuntala) does not of itself place Dhanika later than the middle of the 11th century, the date of Bilhaṇa; for the anthencity of the verse is not beyond question, as it is attributed to Kalaśaka in *Subhāṣ°* 1280 and Jalhaṇa 74a, and Bilhaṇa’s authorship is still open to question. It is not safe, therefore, to base any choronological conclusion on this quotation. Haas has not noticed the verse at all.