काव्यालङ्कार (आचार्य भामह - भारतीय काव्यशास्त्र एवं अलङ्कार-सिद्धान्त मूल महाग्रन्थ सटीक)

viii BHĀMAHĀLAṄKĀRA
which do not strictly fall within the purview of
Alaṁkāraśāstra and as such are ignored by later
rhetoricians. In that chapter the author refutes
the Apohavāda of Buddhists by the way. In the 6th
chapter Bhāmaha begins with an eulogy of the Vyā-
karaṇaśāstra—सूत्राम्भसं पदावर्त्त etc. in glowing terms
(VI—1 to 3) and deals with शब्दशुद्धि which is more a
topic of grammar than of poetics and which later
Ālaṁkārikas, perhaps with the exception of Vāmana
and a few others, exclude from their treatment. Bhā-
maha's appreciation of the grammatical science of
Pāṇini runs thus : श्रद्धेयं जगति मतं हि पाणिनीयं (VI—63) and
· शालातुरीयमतमेतदनुक्रमेण (VI—62). Sālātura is believed to
be the birthplace of Pāṇini. Another remarkable
feature discovered by Mr. D. T. Tatacharya in the
sequence adopted by Bhāmaha when dealing with
· शब्दशुद्धि is his adherence to the order given in Pāṇini's
Ashṭādhyāyī. By the way it may be mentioned
that Bhāmaha attacks the Sphoṭavāda of gramma-
rians notwithstanding his great respect for the
·science of grammar.
In the above treatment we have set out only a
·few salient points relating to Bhāmaha, necessary
for an average reader. For an elaborate treatment
of Bhāmaha and his work we would refer the reader
to the learned Introduction to Bhāmahālaṁkāra
·given by Mr. D. T. Tatacharya in his edition.