________________ 63 the three heman objectives (trirarga). It is also called danda- niti, 1 Whatever is against this is Nyaya-virodhi. This dosa is borrowed from Bhamaha's Karyalamkara.2 To illustrate this dosa Bhamaha discusses at length an incident from Vatsaraja's life, described in some work. According to Viveka one Visnugupta had presented five irrebuttable objections to the device of leather-elephant described by Gunadhya 3 even though the conspiracy of Rumanvan and others with Mahasena is justified by Subandhu, and others + on the ground that it resulted in Vatsa's marriage with Vasavadatta. The objections are given in Viveka (p. 42, 1. 27): (i) No purpose is served by consigning Vatsa to Ujjayini after his arrest. (ii) Even when Vatsa was in his own kingdom, there was sufficient fear of a possible attack from Aruni, the neighbouring King of Pancala 1. न्यायः शास्त्रं त्रिवर्गोक्तिर्दण्डनीतिं च तां विदुः / अतो न्यायविरोधीष्टमपेतं यत्तया (यथा) // B. K. L. IV. 39. 2. B. K. L IV. 39 to 47. (P. 42, 1. 2) अन्तर्योधशताकीर्ण सालङ्कायननेतृकम् / तथाविधं गजच्छद्मनाज्ञासीत् स स्वभूगतम् // B. K. L. IV. 41. (P. 42, 1. 5) यदि नोपेक्षितं तस्य सचिवैः स्वार्थसिद्धये / अहो नु मन्दिमा तेषां भक्तिर्वा नास्ति भर्तरि // ibid IV, 42. (P. 42, 1, 8) शरादृढधनुर्मुक्ता मन्युमद्भिररातिभिः / मर्माणि परिहृत्यास्य पतिष्यन्तीति काऽनुमा | ibid IV, 43. (P. 42, 1, 4) हतोऽनेन मम भ्राता मम पुत्रः पिता मम / मातुलो भागिनेयध रुषा संरब्धचेतसः // (ibid IV, 44.) अस्यन्तो विविधान्याजावायुधान्यपराधिनम् / एकाकिनमरण्यान्यां न हन्युर्बहवः कथम् // (ibid IV, 45.) (P. 43, 1. 10) नमोऽस्तु तेभ्यो विद्वभ्यो येऽभिप्रायं कवेरिमम् / शास्रलोकावपास्यैवं नयन्ति नयवेदिनः / / (ibid IV, 46.) __ (P.41, 1, 27) सचेतसो वनेभस्य चर्मणा निर्मितस्य च / विशेषं वेद बालोऽपि कष्टं किन्नु कथं नु तत् / / ibid IV. 47. 3. (P. 42, 11)--gare is refered to as Vyakhyata, probably because he tried to account for the discrepancies in Gunadhya's story in his play which is referred to (at P. 44, 1. 19 & 23) in Viveka. Mm. T. Ganapatisastri believes that Bhamaha refers to the Pratijna-yaugandharayana of Bhasa. (vide Hist of SK. Poetics - Mm. P. V. Kane P. XXXVIII where he discards this view). Prof. Tatacharya thinks that Bhamaha refers either to afa r t, or some other poetical work which has the same story as that of Pratijna-yaugandharayana. (B. K. L. S.K. Intro.-P. XL) According to Viveka Bhamaha eriticises Gunadhya (vide P. 42, 1, 22). 4. As the compound सुबन्धुप्रभृतिभिः is used we cannot decide whether' सुबन्धु is the author of both नाट्यधार and उन्मतयौगन्धरायण or of any one of them,