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Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c67: Anonymous Works

Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c67

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Anonymous Works

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We give below some notable minor works on Alaṃkāra, of which the names of the authors are unknown :—

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1. *Alaṃkāra-kārikā*. Aufrecht i 31b.

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2. *Alaṃkāra-kaumudī-vyākhyā* Madras Cat. 12784. Neither the name of the author of the original treatise nor that of the commentary is given. It treats of the poetic figures.

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3. *Alaṃkāra-candrikā*. Rice 284 (Aufrecht i 32).

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4. *Alaṃkāra-darpaṇa* in Prakrit, consisting of 134 *ślokas* devoted to the treatment of poetic figures. *Monatsber. Berl. Akad. 1874, 282*.

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5. *Alaṃkāra-prakaraṇa*. ŚgŚ i no. 52.

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6. *Alaṃkāra-prakāśikā*. Madras Cat. 12791. It deals with the poetic figures and quotes from the *Kāvya-prakāśa*.

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7. *Alaṃkāra-mayūkha*. Oppert 1754 (Aufrecht i 32).

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8. *Alaṃkāra-vādārtha* on the *Sāhitya-darpaṇa*. HPS i 12.

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9. *Alaṃkāra-saṃgraha*. Madras Cat. 12795. It enumerates and classifies the various poetic figures.

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10. *Alaṃkāra-sarvasva*. Madras Cat. 12798. The author says that his teacher composed a work on Alaṃkāra in praise of king Gopāladeva. It is a treatise on the general topics of Alaṃkāra, but the MS is incomplete, breaking off with the *guṇa-prakaraṇa*.

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11. *Alaṃkārānukramaṇikā*. Oppert 5489 (Aufrecht i 32b).

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12. *Alaṃkārēśvara*, cited by Śivarāma on *Vāsavadattā* p. 4.

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13. *Kavi-kaṇṭha-pāśa*. See above p. 292. Madras 12802.

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14. *Kavi-kapalatikā*. Burnell 54a.

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15. *Kāvya-kalāpa*. Aufrecht i 100b.

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16. *Kāvya-kaustubha*. Oppert ii 3616 (Aufrecht i 101a).

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17. *Kāvya-kaumudī*. Mitra 2044 (Aufrecht i 101a). Is it the same as *Kāvya-kaumudī* by Ratnabhūṣaṇa.

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18. *Kāvya-dīpikā*. Oppert 541, 636; Madras Cat. 12815. A compilation for beginners. Probably the same as Kānticandra’s *Kāvya-dīpikā* (see p. 287).

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19. *Kāvya-pariccheda*. Oppert ii 8727.

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20. *Kāvya-ratna*. Oppert ii 6237. See above p. 264.

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21. *Kāvya-lakṣaṇa*. Madras Cat. 12829. It is based on the kārikās of *Kāvya-prakāśa*, but adds a section on dramaturgy (cf. Oppert 1793 and ii 6238).

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22. *Kāvya-lakṣaṇa-vicāra*. Madras Cat. 12979. A comparatively modern work on the general topics of Alaṃkāra, citing the *Citra-mīmāṃsā* and the *Rasa-gaṅgādhara*.

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23. *Kāvyāmṛta-taraṅgiṇī* or *Kāvyaprakāśa-khaṇḍana*. Mitra 2674 (Aufrecht i 103a). The MS goes up to the 7th ullāsa.

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24. *Kāvyôpadeśa*, cited by Hemādri on *Raghu* (Aufrecht i 103a).

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25. *Daśarūpaka-vivaraṇa*. Madras Cat. 12892. This work is not a commentary on the *Daśarūpaka*, but a short treatise, mostly in the nature of a compilation, explaining the characteristics of dramatic composition. It may have formed the nāṭaka-section of some comprehensive work on Poetics.

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26. *Nāṭaka-ratna-koṣa*, cited by Rāyamukuṭa and Bhānuji. *A Bod* 182b.

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27. *Nāṭakâvatāra*, mentioned by Mohanadāsa. *A Bod* 142a.

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28. *Nāṭya-darpaṇa*, cited by Raṅganātha on *Vikramôrvaśī* (ed. N. S. P. 1914, p. 7) and Bharata-mallika on *Bhaṭṭi* xiv 3. See p. 308, no. 67 above.

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29. *Rasa-kalikā*, cited by Vāsudeva on *Karpūra-mañjarī* (Aufrecht i 494a).

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30. *Rasa-kaumudī*. Peterson v no. 414.

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31. *Rasa-gandha*. Rice 286 (Aufrecht i 494b).

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32. *Rasa-gāndhāra*. Aufrecht i 494b (may be a mistake for *Rasa-gaṅgādhara* of Jagannātha).

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33. *Rasa-ratnākara*, cited by Mallinātha on *Kirāta* ix 71 and on *Meghadūta* (ed. Nandargikar, 1894, pp. 64, 67, 85, 91). Aufrecht i 496a (commentary by Hṛdayarāma Miśra). An anonymous *Rasa-ratna-koṣa* is mentioned in Aufrecht i 495b but it may be Kumbha’s work of the same name (see p. 288).

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34. *Rasa-bindu* and *Rasāmṛta-sindhu*. Kathvate no. 703 and 707.

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35. *Rasa-viveka*. Madras *Trm* C 589. (Cf Oppert 5144).

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36. *Rasa-samuccaya*. Aufrecht i 496b.

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37. *Rasa-sāgara*, cited by Mallinātha on *Śiśu* xv 89.

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38. *Rasa-sudhākara*, cited by Mallinātha on *Raghu* vi 12. Is it *Rasārṇava-sudhākara* of Śiṅgabhūpāla which Mallinātha cites in his com. on *Kumāra*?

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39. *Rasikara*, cited by Mallinātha on *Meghadūta* (ed. ibid, p. 87, 97).

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40. *Rasika-sarvasva*, cited by Nārāyaṇa on *Gīta-govinda* v 2.

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41. *Rahasya*, probably an abbreviation of some more definite title, cited by Mallinātha on *Kirāta* iii 60, xiv 40, on *Śiśu* xiii 10.

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42. *Śṛṅgāra-kaustubha*. Rice 288 (Aufrecht i 660b).

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43. *Śṛṅgāra-candrōdaya*, cited in *Prastāva-cintāmaṇi*. Weber i p. 229.

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44. *Śṛṅgāra-taraṅgiṇī*. Oppert 2465: Rice 288 (= Aufrecht i 660b).

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45. *Śṛṅgāra-pavana*. Oppert 5766 (Aufrecht 661a).

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46. *Śṛṅgāra-mañjarī*. Aufrecht i 661a.

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47. *Śṛṅgāra-vidhi*. Oppert 5680 (Aufrecht i 661a).

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48. *Śṛṅgārādi-rasa*. Mitra 606.

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It is not always clear, from the citations or descriptions in the catalogues, whether some of the works on *rasa* and *śṛṅgāra* noted here are really works on Poetics or partake of the nature of an erotic *kāvya*. But care has been taken to exclude the latter wherever possible.

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Among very recent publications (in Sanskrit) on Poetics, produced late in the 19th century, may be mentioned:

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(1) *Alaṃkāra-muktāvali* by Rāmasudhīśvara, son of Nṛsiṃha. (ed. with comn. *Ratnaśobhākara* by Kṛṣṇa sūri. Vizagapatam 1897, 1898).

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(2) *Alaṃkāra-sūtra* by Candrakānta Tarkālaṃkāra, a Bengal Pandit who lived within living memory. (Publ. Calcutta 1899).

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(3) *Yaśovanta-yaśo-bhūṣaṇa* by Pandit Rāmakarṇa in praise of the native prince of Rajaputana of that name. (Publ. Godhapur 1897).

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(4) *Alaṃkāra-maṇi-hāra* by Śrīkṛṣṇa Brahmacārin.

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