History of Sanskrit Poetics c5.1.4

c5.1.4

Ramkrishna Kavi's paper on the same in J. A. H. R. S. vol. I. pp. 56-63. It is possible that Parāśara in the above quoted passage of काव्यमी० means बादरायण, who is mentioned as a भरतपुत्र in the नाट्यशास्त्र I. 32 (बादरायणि in Ch. ed.) and whose views on नान्दी and तोटक are quoted by सागरनन्दिन (in ना. ल. र. को. ll. 1091, 2770, 3202-3). The हृदयङ्कमा, a commentary on the काव्यादर्श, informs us that काश्यप and वररुचि had composed works on Poetics before the काव्यादर्श - 'पूर्वेषां काश्यपवररुचिप्रभृतीनामाचार्याणां लक्षणशास्त्राणि संहत्य पर्यालोच्य' (on I. 2) and 'पूर्वसूरिभिः काश्यपवररुचिप्रभृतिभिः' (on II. 7). The com. श्रुतानुपालिनी on the काव्या० mentions काश्यप, ब्रह्मदत्त and नन्दस्वामी as the predecessors of दण्डिन. The Simhalese sija-bas-lakara, a work on rhetoric, after paying homage to ब्रह्मा, शक्र and बृहस्पति, refers to a sage काश्यप (J. R. A. S. 1905 p. 841). All these works are no longer available. Vide मत्स्यपु. X. 25 for वररुचि as नाट्यवेदपारग.