Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c42.2

v1.c42.2

¹ Aufrecht (i 75) mentions three different works called *Ekāvalī*, which appear to be the same work. The first and the third are undoubtedly identical and refer to our *Ekāvalī*: but the second is described by Burnell 54a (cf Oppert ii 3605) as composed by Mahāmāheśvara Kavi. This, however, appears to be a title of Vidyādhara himself, and is apparently the source of the confusion of our Vidyādhara with Abhinavagupta who also bore the same title (see Weber ii no. 1723). The colophon in the Madras MS (*Madras Cat.* p. 8611) reads : *iti śrīmato mahāmāheśvarasya kaver vidyādharasya kṛtāvekāvalī-nāmnyalaṃkāra-śāstre* etc. The first verse quoted in Burnell is the same as found in all the texts of our *Ekāvalī*. The commentary *Taralā* noticed by Weber (*loc. cit.*) is apparently the same as *Taralā* of Mallinātha. The *Keli-rahasya* on Erotics is ascribed to Vidyādhara by Aufrecht, but the colophon gives the author's name as Vaidya-vidyādhara.