Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c31.24

v1.c31.24

8. CAṆḌĪDĀSA. His commentary, called *Dīpikā*, was written at the instance of his friend Lakṣmaṇa Bhaṭṭa. The India Office MS of his work is written in Bengali character, and he is cited mostly by Oriya, Maithilī and Benares writers (e.g. Govinda in his *Pradīpa* pp. 24, 36, 202, 274, Narasimha Ṭhakkura, Kamalākara, Vaidyanātha in his *Udāharaṇa-candrikā*, Nāgoji Bhaṭṭa in his *Prabhā*, and Viśveśvara in his *Alaṃkāra-kaustubha* pp. 125, 166). He is probably identical with Caṇḍīdāsa, the younger brother of the grandfather of Viśvanātha, author of the *Sāhitya-darpaṇa*. He is also cited by Viśvanātha, son of Trimaladeva (q. v.), in a Kashmiri an MS dated 1602 A.D. Caṇḍīdāsa mentions a *Dhvani-siddhānta-grantha* by himself. He also quotes a work called *Sāhitya-hṛdaya-darpaṇa*, which may be Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka’s lost *Hṛdaya-darpaṇa*.