The History of Indian Literature c9.77

c9.77

²¹³ The passage exhibits a great number of various readings; see Haag, *Zur Texteskritik u. Erklärung von Kálidása's Málavikágnimitra* (1872), pp. 7, 8. Hall, *l. c.*, prefers the readings *Bhásaka*, *Rámila*, and *Saumila*; Haag, on the contrary, *Bhása*, *Saumilla*, *Kaviputra*. In Bána's Harsha-charita, Introd., v. 15, Bhása is lauded on account of his dramas: indeed, his name is even put before that of Kálidása.