Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c27.18

v1.c27.18

The *Sarasvatī-kaṇṭhābharaṇa* is not a very original work, but consists chiefly of a patient compilation in an encyclopaedic manner from earlier treatises, especially from Daṇḍin, from whom he takes, according to the calculation of Jacob², no less than 164 illutrations. From the index of citations given by Jacob, we find that Vāmana is quoted 22 times, Rudraṭa 19 times, the *Dhvanyāloka* more than 10 times (six of the *kārikās* being reproduced), while it is curious to note that Bhoja makes a good use of Bhaṭṭi’s illustrations of the figure *yamaka* and its numerous sub-species. While the chief value of Bhoja's work consists in its abundant wealth of illustrations and examples, numbering about 1500, to every rule and prescription, it is nevertheless interesting as embodying, in the main, a tradition of opinion, which is also represented in the *Agni-purāṇa*, but which in many respects stands apart from the orthodox Kashmiri school.