Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c8.5

v1.c8.5

² The theory of *rasa* advocated by Lollaṭa probably obtained in the schools before he definitely formulated it and became its first noted champion; for Abhinava in his commentary on Bharata (ch. vi, the same passage utilised later by Hemacandra, Comm. p. 57, ll. 18-19) says that Daṇḍin in his idea of *rasa* follows the same view. Unless we presume Lollaṭa’s priority to Daṇḍin, we should take this passage to indicate that this theory, or a dogma similar to it, had already been known to Daṇḍin, even before Lollaṭa brought it into prominence. It may also be noted that Lollaṭa is also taken by most later writers (e. g. Hemacandra p. 215, Mammaṭa pp. 225 f; Mahimabhaṭṭa p. 27 etc.) as as what is technically known as *dīrgha-vyāpāra-vādin* with