[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923) › v1.c65.s8.2 # Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c65.s8.2 Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c65.s8.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c65.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v1.c65.s8.2) The author is known as the king of Kumāragiri and quoted by Kāṭayavema as his patron¹. The work is cited by Kumārasvāmin as \*vasanta-rājīya\* p. 178, by Mallinātha on \*Śiśu\* ii 8 and by Sarvānanda on \*Amarakoṣa\*². These citations make it clear that this metrical work on dramaturgy can not be later than the 14th century. This \*Nāṭya-śāstra\* is also mentioned in a commentary on the Southern recension of the \*Śakuntalā\* by Kāṭayavema who is described as a minister of king Vasantarāja of Kumāragiri. This commentary proposes to follow the exposition of Vasantarāja’s \*Nāṭya-śāstra\* (IOC vii p. 1575-76). - [Previous: v1.c65.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v1.c65.s8.1) - [Next: v1.c65.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v1.c65.s8.3) - [Up: v1.c65.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v1.c65.s8) ## Linked texts (4) - [Śiśupālavadha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.krsna.sisupalavadha.2.8) — Māgha, Sanskrit - [Nāṭyaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natyasastra) — Bharata, Sanskrit - [Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan - [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v1.c65.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v1.c65.s8.2) · Pramāṇa