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Kāvyālamkara, dated in the nineth century. The Apabhramsa poet Svayambhu (probably in the later half of the nineth century) is said by his son Tribhuvana to have written works on Vyākarana, Chandas and Alamkāra Svayambhu's work on metres viz. Svayambhūcchandas is available, though, we have not got any other clue to his Vyakaraṇa. Our conjecture is that AD. is possibly Svayambhū's work. But his name usually given in his work is missing here and there are no references to the Tirthamkaras and on the contrary there are references to Vedic - Puranic gods like Visnu. So our conjecture remains doubtful.
Close resemblance between certain definition and a few illustrations given by Rudrața (besides the number and order of the Alamkaras) and what we find in AD. indicates that the latter had Rudrata's Kāvyālaṁkāra as one of its sources. The following instances are noteworthy :
1. •श्लिष्ट स्यार्थेन संयुक्तः किञ्चिदुत्प्रेक्ष्यान्वितः ।
रूपकार्थेन च पुनरुत्प्रेक्षावयवो यथा 11 (काव्य ३.४७) होइ सिलेसच्छलेणं मज्जंति रूअएण अफुडेण । उप्पेक्खा एसो सुओ उप्पेक्खाव असव - णामोहु || ( अद. १२१ )
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न्यूनस्यापि विशिष्टेन गुणसाम्य-विवक्षया ।
तुल्य-कार्य-क्रिया-योगादित्युक्ता तुल्ययोगिता ॥ (काव्य.३.२७) गुण- सरिसत्तण-तण्हाइ जत्थ हीणस्स गुरुअएण समं । होइ सम-काल-किरिया जा सा समजोइआ साहु ॥ ( अद. १०६)
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