Bhatti-Kavyam M. A. KARANDIKAR S. KARANDIKAR This edition of the Bhattikavya with English translation and notes is specially prepared for the students of Sanskrit Grammar who desire to follow the appli cation of the grammatical rules of Panini as illustrated in the Bhattikavya. The Bhattikavya has been planned on a double level, narrative and illustrative. On the narrative plane, it deals with the life of Rama. The illustrative plane is concerned with illustrating most of the Sutras of Panini. It is divided into four Kandas : (i) Miscellaneous rules (ii) Leading rules (iii) Rhetorics and (iv) Verbal formations : Tenses and Moods. It is strange that the poet includes rhetorics in grammar. The author's principal aim was the teaching of grammar, though he has never mentioned that the purpose of his work was to illustrate the Sutras of Panini and some figures of speech, metres and poetic qualities. However, this self evident purpose has been unanimously understood by the different commenta tors who declare the Bhattikavya to be a Dvyasraya Kavya. Bhatti, has himself referred to his composition as a mere ‘Kavya'. It possesses most of the external and internal characteristics of an art epic. It has also given beautifuldescription of Autumn, Rainy season and rivers, trees, lakes.
