वासवदत्ता (महाकवि सुबन्धु - श्लेष-प्रधान शास्त्रीय गद्यकाव्य सान्वय सटीक)

Bangalore, 1879), which contains the words: ‘In śabda a Pāṇini
paṇḍita, in nīti Bhūṣaṇācārya, in nāṭya and other bharata śāstras
Bharatamuni, in kāvya Subandhu, in siddhānta Lakulīśvara, at
the feet of Śiva a Skanda adorning the world, thus is Vāma
Śaktiyati truly described.’ The only additional information thus
gained is that by the twelfth century his fame had spread to
southern India.
Subandhu's Allusions to Sanskrit Literature. If Subandhu
is thus recognised but sparingly and indefinitely in the literature
and epigraphy of his native land, he is himself most generous in
alluding to the productions of other authors. The majority of
his references, however, cast little light upon his date, for no real
conclusions can be drawn from his mention of the Bṛhatkathā
(ed. Hall, pp. 110, 147), the Kāmasūtra (ed. Hall, p. 89), the
Chandōviciti section of the Bhāratīyanāṭyaśāstra (ed. Hall,
pp. 94, note, 119, 235), the Mahābhārata and Harivaṁśa (ed.
Hall, pp. 21, 27, 93, 234, 254; on Subandhu's indebtedness to
the Mahābhārata see Cartellieri, ‘Das Mahābhārata bei Subandhu
und Bāṇa,’ in WZKM. 13. 57–74), the Rāmāyaṇa (ed. Hall,
p. 234), the Upaniṣads (ed. Hall, p. 235), and the Mīmāṁsā and
Nyāya philosophies (ed. Hall, pp. 93, 235, 297), any more than
we can derive any definite conclusions from his general and
hostile mention of the Buddhists (ed. Hall, pp. 144, 179, 235,
255, 297 bis) and Jains (ed. Hall, pp. 93, 187, 297; cf. on these
allusions to the Buddhists and the Jains Telang, ‘Subandhu and
Kumārila,’ in FRASBo. 18. 150–159).¹
It has been held, on the basis of Śivarāma's commentary, that
the words bāuddhasaṅgatim ivā 'laṁkārabhūṣitām, ‘decked with
⟨adornments⟩ as an assembly of Buddhists is decked with the
⟨Alaṁkāra⟩’ (ed. Hall, p. 235), refer to the Bāuddhasaṅgatyalaṁ-
kāra of Dharmakīrti (cf., in general, on Dharmakīrti, Pathak,
‘Dharmakīrti and Śaṁkarāchārya,’ in FRASBo. 18. 88–96, and

---

¹ Reference should also be made, in this connexion, to the allusions collected in
Krishnamachariar's Introduction, received after these lines were written, to other
Sanskrit literature, especially the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa, as well as to religion
and philosophy (pp. 22-24, 27-28).