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Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c45: XXV Later Writers On Rasa

Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c45

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XXV Later Writers On Rasa

Sāradātanaya

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Śāradātanaya, author of the *Bhāva-prakāśa* or *Bhāva-prakāśikā*, appears to have been a popular writer on the *rasas* and *bhāvas*, who is quoted extensively by Kumārasvāmin¹, and in the *Kāmadhenu* on Vāmana², as well as by commentators like Raṅganātha³ and Vāsudeva⁴. He is described as the son of Bhaṭṭa Gopāla and grandson of Kṛṣṇa, and great-grandson of Lakṣmaṇa of the Kāśyapa-gotra who is said to have been a resident of Māṭarapūjya village in the Merūttara country of the Āryāvarta, and to have written a commentary on the Vedas, called the *Veda-bhūṣaṇa*. The author was so named, because he was considered to have been born by the grace of Śāradā, worshipped in Benares. The author learnt *nāṭya-śāstra* from Divākara, and says that he is following Abhinavaguptācārya; but his work in some parts is in reality a condensed epitome chiefly of Bhoja's *Śṛṅgāra-prakāśa*, which it cites and practically summarises. This fact will place Śāradātanaya chronologically later than Bhoja; and the citation of the *Bhāva-prakāśa* by Śiṅgabhūpāla (pp. 20, 139, 169, 202 etc) will fix its other terminus at 1330 A.D. We may, therefore, assign our author roughly to the period between 1100 and 1300 A.D.

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¹ pp. 12, 15, 44, 68, 102, 106, 118, 121, 127, 129, 139, 143, 145, 219, 223 etc.

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² e.g. on I 3. 30.

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³ on *Vikramo°*, ed. N. S. P. 1885, p. 10.

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⁴ on *Karpūra-mañj°*, ed. N. S. P. 1900, pp. 5, 7, etc.

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Śāradātanaya cites Kohala, Mātṛgupta and Subandhu as writers on the dramatic art. The work consists of ten *adhikāras* as follows: 1 and 2 Bhāva 3 Avāntara-bhāvabheda-svarūpa 4 Śṛṅgārālambana-nāyakādi-svarūpa 5 Nāyaka-bhedāvastha-rasa-bhāva-vikāra 6 Śabdārtha-sambandha-bheda-prakāra 7 Nāṭyētivṛttādi-lakṣaṇa 8 Daśarūpaka-lakṣaṇa 9 Nṛtyabheda-svarūpa-lakṣaṇa 10 Nāṭya-prayoga-bheda-prakāra.

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MSS. *Madras Cat.* 13010 (extract). Also noticed in the *Rept. of the Peripatetic Party of the Madras Oriental Library* 1916-19. A *Bhāvaprakāśikā-vyākhyā* is entered in Peterson iv App. p. 18, no. 514 (incomplete). Also see Aufrecht i 407b, ii 93a and 93b.

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