Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c6.8

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² see xxxvii 24. Kohala is cited as one of his sources by Śārṅgadeva (I. i. 15); and Hemacandra, with reference to the classification of the different species of the drama, says: *prapañcas tu bharata-kohalādi-śāstrebhyo'vagantavyaḥ* (p. 329; also p. 325). Śiṅgabhūpāla (i 51) acknowledges him as an authority on the drama and allied arts. A work on music called *Tāla-lakṣaṇa*, probably a late compilation, is attributed to him (Aufrecht i 130b, *IOC* 3025,3089; *Madras Cat.* 12992 with a Telegu comm.), and a *Kohalīya Abhinaya-śāstra*, purporting to embody his views, is also entered in the last named catalogue (with a Telegu comm. no. 12989). Another work on music, entitled *Dattila-kohalīya*, is mentioned by Burnell p. 60b, apparently a compendium of the opinions of Kohala and Dattila (or Dantila), who is mentioned by Damodaragupta (*śl.* 123), and cited as an old authority by Śārṅgadeva (I. i. 16) and his commentator Kallinātha (p. 49), by Śiṅgabhūpāla (i 51), as well as in various works on music (Peterson iv p. 43 extr.; *ABod* 199b; 201a).