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INTRODUCTION 27 Sambhucchandas- Cūdamanyādi-grantha- paryālocanaya vyutpitsu- vyutpatty-artham asmäbhir ucyante. Similarly the Chandomanjari' of Gangādāsa Kavi thrice quotes Sambhu: The metres Bhujagaśiśubhſtā, Mañjubhāşiņi and Rsabha- gajavilasita are given by Sambhu, according to Gangadása Kavi, under the respective names of Bhujagaśišusſtā, Sunandini and Gajaturagavilasita. If we refer to SC., we find that the first of these three metres could have been in that portion of SC. which is lost and hence we are not in a position to ascertain what was the name given by Svayambhū to the Bhujagaśiśubhrtā. The Manju- bhāşini is given as Ņandiņi by Svayambhū (S.C. I. 3-4), which designation is very near to Sunandini, and the Rsabhagajavilasita is given as Gaavaravilasiaa (i.e. Gajavaravilasitaka) át SC. I. 47-48, which is comparable to Gajaturagavilasita cited by Gangādāsa Kavi. This makes it probable that the authority quoted by the latter under the name ſambhu is nobody else than Svayambhū, the author of SC. It is like that both Nārāyaṇabhatta and Gangādāsa Kavi knew SC. at second hand. Moreover by their time the names of ancient metrical authorities like Svayambhũ had become half- legendary and nobody bothered much about their correct forn. Under the circumstances, Svayambhū is transformed into Sambhu and Sevala or Saitava (whose opinion on Yati is quoted by Svayam- bhū, who is known as an ancient metrical authority to Hemacandra and the Kavidarpaņa and whose opinion on the name of the metre commonly known as Vasantatilakā is quoted by most of the Sanskrit metricians) undergoes metamorphosis as sveta'. Hence it is not difficult to explain how Svayambhū was cited as Sambhu by Rāghavabhatta, Nārāyaṇabhatta and Gangādāsa Kavi. All these considertions lead us to believe that the lost portion of SC. contained a section on pure Prakrit metres dealing with the Arya, Galitaka, Khanjaka etc. that preceded the section on the Varņavſttas. The Chandassekhara and SC. Velankar has published" the fifth chapter of the Chandassekhara nf Rājasekhara Kavi, who most probably flourished in the first quarter of the eleventh century. This is the only available portion of the text, the portion of the Ms. dealing with the Sk, and Pk. metres being at present untraceable. If we compare this fifth chapter of the Chandašsekhara with SC. IV-VIII, we can see at the first glance that the former is little more than a Sk. translation of SC. IV-VIII. The slight difference in the arrangement, order of treatment and names of the metres indicates that Rajasekhara Kavi had occasionally consulted other sources also. The earlier portion being lost, we do not know if Rājasekhara Kavi admitted his debt to Svayambhū. That portion could have aslo thrown some indirect light on the real Pk. metres of SC. The minor details with regards to which Chandassekhara leviates from SC. are shared by the Chandonuśāsana also. This shows that Hemacandra has used both, SC. as well as the Chandašsekhara. (1) Parab, 1902, 108, 114, 119. (2) See the following quotation from the Chandogovinda of his Guru Bhatta Puru- sottama given by Gangádasa Kavi: Sveta-Măndavya-mukhyāstu. necchanti munayo yatim: Chandomanjari, p. 105. (3) Velankar, 1946, 1-14.