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Gunarajna's Sardipika
(III) Shaping Influences
Gunaratoa seems to be a very well-read person He refers to some renowned poeticians and their works, very often without mentioning the respective names He also refers to other commentaries on the KP. with the words fkantara or vyakhyanlara or vyakhyananlara He never mentions this fikantara or vyakhyantara by name, but the references sem to be very often to the Balacltlanurajont of Narabars Sarasvatitirtha or the Sud hasagara of Bhimasena Dixita, who flourished bardly quarter of a century earlier than our author
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The Balaclttantiranjant seems to have exercised very great influence on Gunaratna SS Sukthankar has publisbed sume portion of it (1 e ullam L-III & X) In his K P. edition '33 An attempt has been made by me to bring out the close resemblance between the two with reference to alles L-LII, In my anotations As for glasas IV-VI, which also forms yet apother most important portion of the KP, the Balecittaauranjaos being not available, I tried to secure a uns from Poona, BOR I, and then attempted to edit it carefully and give it in form of an appendix to my unpublished work. I have tried to locate as many parallel sentonces and obegrutions as possible and have mootioned them all in the foot-otot along with it number and the particular ullása
Over and above the two commentaries mentioned as above, Guzar also acoms to have been influenced by some Cakravarthika, mentioned aloarly by name Could it be the Vistarika of Stl Paramanandacakravartio We do not know for certain He 18 also influenced by the tranpa, the Sacabodhim, by Candidasa, the Sampradayaprakaim, the Sahityador pape of Vikvanatha and other works on poetica such as the Karylankanustad of Viimana, the Dhuanyaloka of Anandavardhana, eta, And he also alourty alludes to Bhamaha, Locanakara and Vyaktivivekakara Ho Owas spacually to the Rasaratnapradipika of Allaraja, the Rasataranglot of Blendetta med also to tho Nafyabastra of Bharata and the Dalartpaka of Dhananjaya with Dhanika's Avaloka on it, for the elaborate treatment of some toplay of poetics and dramaturgy in bus commentary aa K P IV, Wo find diventar Indirect references to various authors or their works such as Agal port Abhinavabharatt, Amarulataka, Cakravartinka, Candakapika, Dendio, Bhimahe, Mandanamiára, Malatinadhava, Meghadata, Vanisathana, Ramanathapudipo (also referred to as mule) Rasalarangiņi, Locanakara, ec. Wo alto one acrosa oxpressions such as anye vadanti, ekade Hmatam, tałcanariarepakira kecit, granthantara, fikantara, vyakhyantara, wakhyanandara; narah, blaffamata
Gurumata, Mitramata etc. The roforenoeg to kantana or pathyers
