Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c62.13

v1.c62.13

The work of Dharmadāsa is in 4 *paricchedas*, dealing with enigmatology and *citra-kāvya*. The concluding verse in the Bombay edition of the text (wanting in Br. Mus. MS, Bendall no. 427), as well as the first verse (which invokes Śaudhodani) and the colophon to Jinaprabha's commentary, makes the author a Buddhist ascetic. The known dates of Jinaprabha put the limits of Dharmadāsa's date earlier than the last quarter of the 13th century. This work is also cited by name by Kumārasvāmin (p. 122 = iv 1), by Rāya-mukuṭa on Amara¹, and quoted in the *Paddhati* of Śārṅgadhara. These citations themselves would put the date of our author earlier than the 14th century.