A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.167

v3.c35.s2.167

Kṣemendra too has written a work on prosody, the Suvṛttatilaka³, that is divided into three sections. Section one contains a description of the metres, for each of which the writer has provided as example a stanza composed by himself. Section two is on faults and merits of prosody; but here the quoted examples are not only from the writings of the author himself but also from elsewhere. We obtain many useful data for a history of literature from section three, which is devoted to reputed poets of the past and their special fascination for one or the other of the metres⁴.