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of a Mahākāvya given by Dandin (K.Ā.1.14-19). And the rest of the verses of Dandin on Mahākāvya (K.A.1.20-22) contain features included here as Prabandhalamkāras. 231
Hemachandra Indebtedness to Bhoja
Dr. Raghavan says: "Hemachandra takes as much as he can from Bhoja and gives them in his own way. He is a faithful follower of Abhinavagupta and of the Prasthana inaugurated by Anandavardhana, and cannot follow Bhoja who calls everything Alamkāra. So he casts off Bhoja's classification of those into Guņas and Alaskāras, calls them neither Guņas nor Alamkāras but simply Vaicitryā. But he accepts Bhoja's classification of these into those of Sabda, Artha and those of both. This certainly simplifies Bhoja's scheme of division of the features into Guņa and Alamkāra, which division was however good in as much as the class of Gunas was constituted of the more importnt, features, more vitally related to the nature of Mahakāvya than the other class of Alamkāras. But, this attitude of his, Hemachandra forgets towards the end while explaining the Ubhayavaicitrya called Sabdalamkāravākyatvam in his commentary here, he reproduces Bhoja completely and holds these feature as Guns and Alamkāras."2 3 2
Hemachandra slightly modifies Bhoja in certain places and slightly adds to Bhoja's list in some places. Thus the Śabdālamkara of Bhoja called Bhinnavșttasargāntatva is separate by Hemachandra, dropped from the Vaicitrya list and included as a major feature in the definition of a Mahākāvya itself, along with Sabdārthavaicitrya. Anativistirņasargāditva is elaborated by Hemachandra into Anativistirņa - parasparasambaddhasargātitva. In Mangalacaraṇa, only three types are stated but the new types of Bhoja are dropped. Again Śravyavrttatram omitted and the five Sandhis are excuded from the Ubhayālamkāra list but inserted in the definition of the Mahākāvya itself, at the outset. In commenting on them, Hemachandra reproduces Bhoja fully
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