Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c6.6

v1.c6.6

³ See above p. 2 fn. Similarly we hear of a work called Matangabharata by Lakṣmaṇa Bhāskara, which apparently sets forth the views of Matanga, who is another old authority cited by Śārṅgadeva and his commentator, and by Śiṅgabhūpāla (i 51). It appears that the term bharata in course of time came to mean the dramatic art generally, as it also came to mean the actor; and Rāghavabhaṭṭa on Śakuntalā expressly refers to ādi-bharata, by whom he means our author, in contra-distinction to these later bharatas.