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VI. The Vyakti-viveka of Mahima-Bhatta
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 February 2017
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This is a unique rhetorical work in Sanskrit literature, quoted by such eminent authors as Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa. In point of singular outspokenness, fearless criticism, and utter disregard of contemporary opinion, few rhetoricians can compare with Mahima-Bhaṭṭa. He wrote his wellknown work at a time when the critical spirit was at the highest pitch, and his courageous exposure of the prevailing schools of thought and his daring attempt to set up an original school in their stead are commendable. Though often referred to by later authors and quoted piecemeal, the Vyakti-vivēka, as a whole, has till now remained a sealed book to the public at large. A paper manuscript of the work that was available to me, as well as the Mysore Oriental Library copy to which I had access through the courtesy of the Curator, supplied the materials for this brief sketch.
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page 63 note 1 It is just under publication by Pandit, T. Gaṇapati Śāstriar, Principal, Maharaja's Sanskrit College, Trivandrum.Google Scholar
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page 65 note 2 Cf. Bhaumaka, , Vamuka, Śaṇkuka, , etc., all ending in ka, just similar to the other names ending in ṭa, viz.: Kallaṭa, Allaṭa, Bhallaṭa, Mammaṭa, etc.Google Scholar
page 66 note 1 Among other references found in the work the following verse deserves special mention, as alluding to a rhetorician of the highest order:—Google Scholar
Can this Kuntaka be the Vakrokti-jīvita-kāra so often cited by rhetoricians?
67 page note 1 Pandit, T. Gaṇapati Śastriar of Trivandrum informs me that he has recently discovered a Commentary on the Vyakti-vivēka by the author (Ruyyaka) of the Alakārasarvasva.Google Scholar
67 page note 2 [On these questions see the references to Peterson and Bühler supplied in Professor Eggeling's Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS. in the Library of the India Office, p. 324.—F. W. T.]Google Scholar
68 page note 3 [See Peterson's Report I, p. 26, and Vāmanācharya's Introduction to his edition of the Kāvyaprakāśa (Bombay, 1889), p. 3.—F. W. T.]Google Scholar