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NOTES AND REFERENCES
Prelude
1 "Hemachandra and the Eleventh Century Kashmir
Poeticists" in JOAS (Vol. XXIII, No. 1, 1957) p. 117. 2 Dr. P. V. Kane, History of Sanskrit Poetics, p. 289. 3 Prof. R. C. Parikh, Introduction (p. 62) to K. A. S. (2nd
Ed. 1964). 4 Prof. S. P. Bhattacharya, Ibid, p. 117. 5 Ibid, p. 117. 6 Vide, Ibid, p. 117. 7 Ibid, p. 129 & fin. 50.
Chapter One 1 Vāmana introduces his name as well as the title of his
treatise through his benedictory verse (1.1). He too begins with 'Pranamya', as does Bhāmaha (1.1). The Kāmadhenu commentary mentions four objectives of a benedictory verse: (1) Observation of the ancient tradition, (2) Unobstructed completion of the work through propitiation of the deities, (3) Unhindered reception of the work by the readers, and (4) Introduction of the subject-matter and
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