PS I have now found Sambasiva Shastri's 3 volume edition of the entire Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa grammar. The learned editor explicitly affirms that the same Bhoja who wrote it was the author of the work on poetics, but he also seems to suggest that the grammatical work is known only in the South, in particular in Kerala. This leads me to wonder if the same author is really behind both works. Has anyone looked into this?
Matthew T. Kapstein Professor emeritus Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris Associate The University of Chicago Divinity School Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/ https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1 https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949 Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. On Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 at 10:33 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > The Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa is a well-known treatise on poetics by the 11th c. > king and aesthete Bhojadeva. There also seems to be a Vedic grammar, bearing > the same title, attributed to the same author. I would be grateful if someone > might clarify for me the relationship between these works. An edition of the > Vedic grammar is available here: > https://dn720409.ca.archive.org/0/items/SaraswatiKanthabharanaVedicVyakaranaOfBhojaDevaDr.NaryanMKansara/Saraswati%20Kanthabharana%20Vedic%20Vyakarana%20of%20Bhoja%20Deva%20-%20Dr.%20Naryan%20M%20Kansara.pdf > > thank you in advance, > Matthew > > Matthew T. Kapstein > Professor emeritus > Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris > > Associate > The University of Chicago Divinity School > > Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences > > https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein > > https://vajrabookshop.com/product/the-life-and-work-of-auleshi/ > > https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501716218/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-i/#bookTabs=1 > > https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771255/tibetan-manuscripts-and-early-printed-books-volume-ii/#bookTabs=1 > > https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/60949 > > Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email.
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