Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c30.31

v1.c30.31

² The term *sūtra* should not mislead us to think that the work might have been originally composed in that form, upon which the later *kārikā*-verses were based; for it is not unusual for the commentators to refer to Mammaṭa's *kārikās* themselves as *sūtras*: e.g. *Pradīpa*, ed. *Kāvyamālā* 1912, p. 378 *sūtre vibhāga upalakṣaṇa-paraḥ*; p. 384 *sūtram upalakṣaṇatayā yojyam*; *Prabhū* p. 381 *sūtraskardānusārataḥ*; *Uddyota* ed. Candorkar, x p. 123.