Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c46.4

v1.c46.4

The Rasārṇava⁰ appears to be mainly based on previous works like Bhoja’s Śṛṅgāra-prakāśa and Śāradātanaya’s Bhāva-prakāśa, although it draws directly on Bharata, Rudrabhaṭṭa, the Daśarūpaka and other authors and works on rasa and dramaturgy. The author Śiṅgabhūpāla is in the third person throughout the work. We have a large number of dramas actually quoted or cited for illustration, among which may be noted Anargha-rāghava (pp. 72, 83, 261, 266, 274), Prasanna-rāghava (pp. 258, 277), Dhanañjaya-vijaya-vyāyoga² (p. 287) Abhirāma-rāghava³ (anapota-nāyakīya pp. 119, 243, 265, 273, 275), *Mādhavī-vīthikā* (p. 290), *Māyākuraṅgikā-ihāmṛga* (p. 298), *Padmāvatī* (pp. 263, 266), *Kāmadatta*¹ (p. 285), *Rāmānanda* (pp. 248, 255, 269), *Karuṇākandala-aṅka* (pp. 163, 197, 198, 286), *Vīrabhadra-vijṛmbhaṇa-ḍima* (pp. 272, 274, 276, 278, 298), *Maheśvarānanda* (p. 275), *Ānandakoṣa-prahasana* (pp. 40, 41, 278, 291, 297), *Śṛṅgāra-mañjarī-bhāṇa*² (p. 288), *Payodhimathana-samavakāra* (p. 290), *Kandarpa-sarvasva* by himself (p. 151), *Vīrānanda* (pp. 159, 160) and *Prabodha-candródaya* (pp. 265, 291).