KADAMBAR: IX The oldest writer wlio specifically mentions Akhy yikas is Katyayana* . Kityौyapa - seenis to intimate. that the Akhyayikas he refers to vere.not blie. episodes contain ed in such books as the Mahabharata, but that they were independent, and distinct works. Patanjali. in his Maha bbashya, while commenting upon the above-mentione! varthikas, gives the names of three Akhyayikas, w&2. Vasava dapts, Sumaottara and Bhaimarathi. In another place Patanjali speaks of pne who knows.pr studies the Akhyर्द्धः yikaVasavadatta , or Sumanottarak . , Subandhu, who Y saw above, preceded Bara, alludes to some canons of the art of poetry. In one places he says that the composition of a good poet should not contain superfluous words such as * b', 'hi' &c. In another place the says that the utter ances of a good poet should be divided into Uchchhvasas (chapters) and should contain fine puns and verses in the Vaktra metres. This seems to refer to what are called akhyayikas, as we shall see later ou. Dandin| , who is genc 6 3 लुबाख्यायिकाभ्यो बहुलम्' a वार्तिक on ‘अधिकृत्य कृते ग्रन्थे’ पा° IV. ४. 87.; ‘आख्यानाख्यायिकेतिहासपुराणेभ्यश्च' वार्तिक on पा° IV. 2. 60. + अधिकृत्य कृते ग्रन्थे ’ बहुलं लुग्वक्तव्यः । वासवदत्ता सुमनोत्तरा । न च भवति । भैमरथी ।
- Mahabhashya ( Kielhorn ) vol. II. p. 284 ‘वासवदत्तिकः
सौमनोत्तरिकः 8 ‘सत्कविकाव्यबन्ध इत्रवद्धतुहिनर वासदत्ता p. 134 (Hall ). आ दीघच्छासरचनाकुलं मुखेपवक्त्रघटनापटु सत्कविवचनमिव’ वसवदत्ता p. 184 (Hall). | A few scholars are inclined to place Dandin later. This is not be place to discuss at length the question. Our reasons for placing him in the 6th century are briefly these:-(1) he is mentioned as an ancient writer along with Bhamaha and Udbhata (latter half of 8th century ) by Jayaratha ( p. 3. अलंकारसर्वस्व ); ( 2) Namibadhu speaks of Dangin as follows: ननु दण्डि-मेधाविरुद्भामहादिकृतानि सन्त्येवालंकारशास्त्राणि’ (.p. 2 of रुद्रटका- व्यालंकार). We believe that the authors are arranged chrono- logically, as मेधाविरुद्ध is mentioned in Bhamaha's work; (3) Dandin's treatment appears crude and unscientific as compared with Bhamaha's; (4 ) Bhamaha in a few places refers to the
