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[INTRODUCTION tion either the name of the author or of the commentator. That both of them were Jain is amply clear from the introductory stanza (which has to be reconstructed from the commentary) and the commentary on the same. Both of them quote Hemacandra's Chandonuśāsana and the verses from the text of the Kavidarpaņa are quoted by Jinaprabha in Samvat 1365 as we saw above. This means that the Kavidarpana was composed sometime in the 13th century A. D. The work seems to have become popular by the time of Jinaprabha, who chose to follow it rather than Hemacandra's Chandonuśāsana, while explaining the metres of the Ajita-śānti-Stava. The reason for this preference may have been the simplicity of treatment of the subject matter. But it is also not impossible that both Jinaprabha and the author of the Kavidarpana belonged to the same, i.e., the Kharatara Gaccha and hence Jinaprabha considered him to be nearer to himself than Hemacandra in a way.
4. Kavidarpana reproduces the illustration of Śrīdhavala at 2.34.1 from Hemacandra's Chandonuśāsana 5.33, of Dvipadikhanda at 2.36.3 from Śrīharşa's Ratnávali Nātikā 1.14-16, of Cūdāla-Dohaka at 2.17.2 from Jinasimhasūri, of Dvibhangi at 2.35.1 from Suraprabhasūri, of another Dvibhangi at 2.36.1 from Tilakasūri. The exact sources of the last three quotations are not traceable at present; but they appear to be from some biographical poems composed by these authors. In addition to these authors, Kavidarpana mentions Kings Bhimadeva (in 2.30.3), Kumārapāla (in 2.30.4-6; 33.4; 37.3), Jayasimhadeva (in 2.3.3) and sākambhari-rāja (in 2.30.4). It also alludes to Tilakasūri (in 2.30.2), Yaśoghoșasūri (in 2.32.1), and Guru Samudrasūri (in 2.22.1), evidently as the comtemporary distinguished personalities. On the other hand, the commentator largely quotes from the Chandahkandalī, which is evidently a work on Prakrit prosody written in the Prakrit language and employing the same terminology as is used in the Kavidarpaņa. Thus vv. 66-68 on KD. 2.28.2, 71-80 on KD. 2.30.6 and 84-85 on 2.32.1 in the commentary are all from this work. The Kavidarpaņa also quotes besides this, one stanza from Svayambhūchandas (v. 31 on p. 6) and several from Manoratha (v. 43 on p. 17, v. 95 on p. 42 and v. 96 on p. 43). Both these are Prakrit writers on Prosody, like the author of the Chandahkandalī; the work of the former is now available and published, while the latter is unknown so far from other sources. Among the Sanskrit prosodists the commentator quotes from Śūra on p. 1 and on p. 8 under KD. 2.4; he mentions that the technical terms used for the Mātrā Gaņas in the Kavidarpana are borrowed from śūra (śūra-paribhasa iyam pūjya-prayukta sarvå iti arthaj
