Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.11

v2.c79.11

⁶ The number of these lakṣaṇas, as given in verses 1-3 and dealt with in verses 5-40, is thirty-six; but in verse 4, the reading of the printed text (ed. Kāvyamālā) is ṣaḍviṃśad etāni which should be ṣaṭtriṃśad etāni, as also indicated by Abhinavagupta’s reading and by Bharata himself in xv 167b. In the first three verses, which are defective in the printed text, read (as indicated by Abhinavagupta’s commentary) cākṣara-saṃhati°, śobhābhimānau, guṇānuvādō’tiśaya°, ākhyāna-yacñā-parti°, pṛcchā-dṛṣṭānta°. These emendations can also be gathered from Bharata’s own treatment of the individual lakṣaṇas. These verses are also quoted from the Abhinava-bhāratī by Rāghavabhaṭṭa on Sakuntalā, where the printed text (p 20, ed. N. S. P. 1922) requires similar emendations. Read also in Bharata xvi 6: yatrālpair akṣaraiḥ kliṣṭair vicitrair upavarṇitam.