Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c84.11

v2.c84.11

⁴ It is curious that Mahimabhaṭṭa says that in composing his own work he has not also looked into the *Candrikā*, which was apparently an adverse commentary on the *Dhvanyāloka*. It is probably the same work as is referred to and criticised frequently by Abhinavagupta in his *Locana*, and as, he says, was composed by one of his ancestors. Abhinava’s references and criticism also confirm the idea that it criticised the text of the *Dhvanyāloka* adversely on many points. See Vol. I, pp. 105-6. This *Candrikā* is also apparently cited by Māṇikyacandra and Someśvara in their commentaries on Mammaṭa.