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30 See above note 28. 31 Vasavadatta, p. 259, lines 2-3, ora : 09:? . . 32 Ibid., p. 100, line 2. 33 Ibid., p. 95, line 5, 34 Ibid., p. 126, lind 3, Faktaar oidy. 35 lbid.. p, 259, lines 1-2, # 7 R r ar fer? 36 Ibid., pp. 161. line 2; 187, line 1, 37 Ibid , pp. 235, line 3-236, line 1, 59 F ETCHuara. 38 Ibid., pp. 234, line 4, 37/20ta FortugalEUT;
246, lines 2-3, arcatore Fadilan aftagalazi. 39 Ibid., pp. 20, line 2-21, line 1, gistrati Ara; 234, line 4, Predata ya
full. The Harivamsa is also referred to (pp. 93, lion 3-94. 1. fragtha glor
singura conta :). 40 Ibid., pp. 110, line 1, Fata Safranca ::
147, lines 2-3, Caritgafruat quien:. 41 By the name of Vyākarana, ibid., pp. 234, line 3, Arcusta oponya; 269,
line 4, mfha feareftaret 1956 ; 126, line 2, fant Harrast:. On the terms at and act see Pāṇini's Aşļādhyayi, I. 4.3; on HCA, III, 1.95; on aga, II. 4, 39, 75, 76; III. 2. 81; V. 2. 122; VI. 1. 34; 4. 75; VII. 1. 10,
103; 3.97; 4.78; and on feat III. 2.61, 76, 87, 177. 42 Ibid., p. 89, lines 1-2. Theefah 9 Hersartafea: Harcerias 43 Ibid., p. 119, lines 1-2, stafaraka hifalaret; 235, line, 1. grafara
faca TATTH . Chandoriciti is the science of metre (Chandahšásti a). For the use of this term in this general sense see Kautilya's Arthasāstra (1 3.1). the Apastambadharmasatra (II. 4.8.11), Varāhamihira's Byhatasamhita (C IV 64) and Kedárabhatta's Vyttaratnakara (VI. 3). The two chapters in Bharatas Nalya'sāstra dealing with metres are called Chandoviciri (XIV and Xy in the Kávyamala edition and XV and XVI in the Kashi Sanskrit Series edition),
Dandin also speaks of it as a scienie (vidyā) in his Kavyadarsa (I. 12). 44 Vasavadattă, p. 235, line 3, Taholafa
ar. Pt. R.V. Kriche chariar (Vasavadattā, Srirangam, 1906) reads aferer AASTATTUNG Subandhu probably wrote बौद्धसङ्गितिमिवालङ्कारभूषिताम . Sivan Alankāra as a work of Dharmakirti : Ta r t profil grafo. Stor P ara. Believing Sivarāma many scholars like Aufrecht (Indische Coudien vol. XVI. pp. 205-207), Hall (The Vasavadatta, Introduction). Peterson
The Subha sitävali, Preface, p. 4 and J B.B.R.A.S., Vol. XVI, p. 173), Telang (1.B.B.R.A.S., Vol. XVIII. pp. 148, 150) and Batukanath ("Brief Survey of Sahitya sastra" in the Journal of the Dept. of Letters, Calcutta, Vol. IX, p. 119) regard Dharmakirti as one of the oldest writers on poetics. S. P. Bhattacharya (Neo-Buddhist Nucleus in Alankarašastra, in J.A.S.B. Vol. XXII, 1956. Pt. I.
the two
1 XV and are called
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