________________ SOURCES OF HEMACANDRA'S KAVYANUSASANA nen Hemacandra's Kavyanusasana is a very fine textbook on alamkarasastra. It is remarkable for its free use of the illustrious alaskara works that preceded it, as well as for its wealth of illustrations. It is admittedly a lucid compendium of the subject of poetics as developed by previous writers, most prominent of them being Bharata, Dandi, Vamana, Rudrata, Rajasekhara (KM), Kuntaka Abhinavagupta (Abh. and Locana), Dhanamjaya-Dhanika, Mahimabhatta, Bhoja (SK and SP), Ksemendra, Mammata and Rucaka or Ruyyaka (Samketa). The following table would give the reader a very good idea of the principal sources utilized by Hemacandra in the preparation of his Kavyanusasana : Subject Kavyanusasana 'Principal Source/Sources' Kavyaprayojana Ch.I (pp. 3-6) KP. I. pp. 6-10; RS p. I; Locana I pp. 40-41 Kavyakarana (pp. 7-33) --Pratibha -pp. 5-6 KM IV. pp. 12-13 --Vyutpatti -pp. 7-13 Vamana 1-3; KM VIII (pp.35-41) and Kavik-V (pp. 17-20) -Abhyasa pp. 13-14 Vamana 1-3 -Siksa -Kavisamaya pp. 14-33 KM-XI-XIV --Sabdarthaharana S Kavyasvarupa pp. 33-42 KP.I. p. 13, p. 263, pp. 462-465, pp. 470-472 Dhv. and Locana pp. 223-234 pp. 42-87 Sabdarthasvarupa Dhv. and Locana pp. 74,78,137139, 167-169, 255-257, 271-276, 351-356 SP.VII (pp. 245-250) (pp. 47-57) Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
