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Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c55.s6: 13. Kāśīlaksmaṇa Kavi

Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c55.s6

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13. Kāśīlaksmaṇa Kavi

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*Alaṃkāra-grantha* (Burnell 54a).

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The work was probably written at the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century, as the examples are all in praise of the Tanjore prince Śāhajī (1684-1711 A.D.).

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14. KṚṢṆA *Sāhitya-taraṅgiṇī* (Aufrecht ii 171a).

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15. KUMBHA or KUMBHAKARṆA, Śrīrājādhirāja *Rasa-ratna-koṣa* (Aufrecht i 495b).

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A MS of this work in Devanāgarī character in the Paris Biblioth. Nationale (no. 243) is described by Regnaud p. 379. It is a treatise on *rasa* and kindred topics in 11 chapters, dealing with (1) 1-4 the *rasas* (2) 5-6 *nāyaka* and *nāyikā* (3) 7 *abhinaya* (4) 8-9 *anubhāva* and *vyabhicāri bhāvas* (5) 10-11 *rasa* and *bhāva*. The treatment corresponds to the 3rd chapter of the *Sāhitya-darpaṇa* and matters dealt with in Bhānudatta's two works on *rasa*. The author is probably king Kumbha of Mevāḍ (1428-1459 A.D.) who wrote, besides some treatises on *saṃgīta*, a commentary entitled *Rasika-priyā* (ed. N. S. P. 1917) on Jayadeva's *Gīta-govinda*, and flourished in the first half of the 15th century. It is interesting to note that in the present work, Kumbha cites (besides Abhinavagupta) Kīrtidhara (see above p. 37), of whose date we thus get a limit at the 15th century A.D.

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16. KṚṢṆA BHAṬṬA or JAYAKṚṢṆA MAUNIN *Vṛtti-dīpikā* (Aufrecht i 598a).

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The author was a grammarian, and the work probably deals with the grammatico-rhetorical question of the *vṛttis* of words. For his other works, see Aufrecht i 198a. He is described as the son of Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa and grandson of Govardhana Bhaṭṭa.

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17. KṚṢṆA DĪKṢITA or KṚṢṆA YAJVAN

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*Raghunātha-bhūpālīya* (Aufrecht i 486a; *Madras Trm C* 659d).

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A commentary called *Sāhitya-sāmrājya* by Sumatīndra Yati, pupil of Surīndra-pūjyapāda, is mentioned in Rice 288.

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18. KṚṢṆA ŚARMAN

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a. *Mandāra-maranda-campū* (ed. Kāvyamālā 52 with *Mādhurya-rañjanī* commentary, 1895).

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b. *Rasa-prakāśa* (Aufrecht i 495a).

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The first-named work is a so-called *campū*, dealing in reality with Prosody, Dramaturgy, Poetics as well as practical Kavi-śikṣā. The work consists of 11 chapters called *bindus*, dealing with (1) chandas (2) nāyaka-varṇana (3) śleṣa (4) yamaka and citra (5) the different bandhas (6) enigmatology (7) dramaturgy (8) nāyaka-lakṣaṇa (9) bhāva and rasa (10) alaṃkāra, with dhvani-nirūpaṇa etc. (11) doṣa, which however includes sections on śabdārtha, the three vṛttis etc., pāka, kāvya-bheda, and a section of practical hints for descriptive poetry. The work appears to be very ill-arranged and ill-digested, having no fixed theory but forming an encyclopaedic compilation from various sources, meant to serve as a complete hand-book for the poet. The author, who is described as an inhabitant of Guhapura and a pupil of Vāsudeva Yogīśvara, gives us no clue to his date: but his work is certainly very late. He copies, for instance, many definitions and illustrations from Appayya's *Kuvalayānanda*, and even appropriates the whole section on *pāka* from Vidyānātha. Some of the new poetic figures, which appear to be first adduced and illustrated by Appayya, find a place in this comprehensive compilation. One should conjecture from this that the work belongs to quite recent times. The *Rasa-prakāśa* is a commentary on Mammaṭa (see p. 186).

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