________________ SOMESVARA BHATTA AND HEMACANDRACARYA Somesvara's relation to Hemacandra presents a knotty problem to the student of Sanskrit Poetics. Somesvara and Hemacandra use freely their predecessors in writing their Kavyadarsasamketal and Kavyanusasana? respectively. Even when we leave out all such parallelisms between the two works as are due to their common sources we still find numerous passages that are common to them. It is possible that some of them are taken from works which are now lost. There are, however, clear indications that one of the two has used the other. It is extremely difficult to decide who has borrowed from whom for want of direct, positive, and convincing evidence. With greatest reserve, therefore, I present the view that Somesvara probably knew Hemacandra and set forth the arguments in support of this view. The following table sets forth the parrallel passages between Somesvara and Hemacandra excepting those that are due to their common sources : Parallelisms in the Samketa of Somesvara and the Kavanusasana of Hemacandra (excepting, of course, such parallelisms as are due to their common sources). . Somesvara Hemacandra 1. p. 9 (11 27-29) p. 51 2. p. 23 (1 10) to p. 24 (1 10) pp. 155-56 3. p. 28 (1 20) to p. 29 (1 15) pp. 65-66 p. 34 (11 15-23) 5. p. 56 (1 27) to p. 57 (1 27) pp. 147-149 6. p. 89 (11 25-27) p. 154 7. p. 112 (11 17-23) p. 34 8. p. 123 (11 19-22) P. 236 9. p. 127 (11 21-25) pp. 246-47 P. 53 For Private & Personal Use Only Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org
