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प्राकृतसर्वस्वम् ।
as Nätyācārya is seen. The Rasārnavasudhākara mentions Kohala as one of the theorists on Nätya. Abbinavagupta in his famous commentary on N$ quotes some lines from Kohala to establish his own view point. Dr. P. V. KANE has assigned the date af Kohala to c. 650–750 A. v.*
It will be seen from the foregoing discussion that Kohala was a reputed ancient author on dramaturgy. This is also attested by the citation from Kohala found in Mk's grammar.
62. Curiously enough we see that Mk while defining desya Pkt cites a verse from Bhojadeva, which is not traceable to the latter's existing works (see PS Intro. 3).
While going to classify Pkt dialects Mk quote a number of verses from an unknown author and refutes him. In the given citations the first and second verses have close similarity with two verses of NŚ( XVII, 48 and 49). Other portions are completely new and are not traceable to any extant work on Pkt or rhetorics.
4. See Gleanings from Abhinavabhāratī, P. V. KANE, K. B, Pathak comm. Vol. pp. 385 ff.
5. The following quotations coming under the same context are perhaps to be attributed to the same unknown author
i) || [TEAT@THATSAITYTI PS. I. 5. ii) waitTTTİ HTa atrast anyt!
Hati farasita analarga 75! Ibid. I. 6. Some of the stanzas especially enumerating the Ap dialects as quoted by Mk are said to be identical in Prākrtacandrikā. But these verses in the latter are viewed as interpolations by some critics. See the remarks of Prof. N. B. DIVATIA, in A BORI vol. XIV, pp. 124 125 in his paper Nāgara Apabhraíśa and Nagarī Script.
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