Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c66.31

v1.c66.31

The author was the son of Trayīśvaramitra. The poet Yaśaskara of Kashmir extracted the *sūtras* from this work and wrote his *Devi-stotra* for the purpose of illustrating them. These *sūtras* will be found given in Peterson, *loc. cit.* See above p. 279. Aufrecht i 32a, ii 6b. The date of Śobhākara is not known, but from the definitions of *alaṃkāras* given, he appears to be a comparatively recent writer, considerably later than Ruyyaka. But as he is quoted by Jagannātha (p. 202 = *sūtra* 11) and presumably by Appayya, he is earlier than the end of the 16th century.