Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c47.1

v1.c47.1

Bhānudatta¹ is notable for his two popular works on the subject of *nāyaka-nāyikā* and the *rasas*, called the *Rasa-mañjarī* and the *Rasa-taraṅgiṇī*. In the latter work, the author excuses himself² from giving further details about a certain point, because, he says, they are already given in his *Rasa-mañjarī*, which was, therefore, the earlier composition. Besides some verses from Bharata and Rudra's *Śṛṅgāra-tilaka* and a verse from the *Dhvanyāloka*³, Bhānudatta cites a work called the *Rasa-ratna-dīpikā*⁴, which is apparently the same work as quoted by Ratnakaṇṭha in his commentary on Mammaṭa⁵. These citations, however, give us no clue to his exact date.