Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c6.14

v1.c6.14

the principal commentators whose views he sometimes thought worth refuting in detail. Śārṅgadeva omits from his list Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka but adds Udbhaṭa, as well as one Kirtidhara who apparently flourished after Abhinava (*vyākhyātāro bhāratīye lollaṭodbhaṭa-śaṅkukāḥ | bhaṭṭābhinava-guptas ca śrīmat-kīrtidharo'paraḥ*). Abhinava also cites Rāhula (or Rāhala) and Bhaṭṭa Yantra, but it is not clear whether they were also commentators on Bharata. Śārṅgadeva mentions Rāhula elsewhere as one of his authorities, apparently on music (cf Hemacandra p. 316).