Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c27.6

v1.c27.6

¹ For instance, the verse *avam padmâsânâsina°* (Bhoja *ad* i 51 p. 15) is found, no doubt, in Nami on xi 24, but it is really a quotation, along with several other verses in the same context, from Bhāmaha ii 55. Similarly the two verses *sa marutā* and *sa pītavāsā*, quoted by Bhāmaha himself (ii 41, 58) from some previous authors (one of whose names is given as Rāmaśarman) occur in Bhoja anonymously (*ad* i 121, pp. 43, 44), but they are also quoted by Nami in the same context. There is no reason to suppose that Bhoja took these verses from Nami's comm. instead of going directly to Bhāmaha, from whom he quotes several other verses directly (e.g., *ākrośan nûhvayan*, Bhoja *ad* iii 8, p. 144 = Bhāmaha ii 94; Bhāmaha ii 92 = Bhoja *ad* iv 51, p. 226-7 = *Subhāṣ°* 1645 *bhāmahasya*). Similar remarks apply to the other supposed quotations given by Jacob, whose mistake is probably due to the fact that Bhāmaha's text was not available to him.