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Information about works attributed to Kohala is found in 濒补办峁�a峁嘺驳谤补苍迟丑补蝉 over a period of time. In addition, there are some works which are still in manuscript form. Thus, the works attributed to Kohala can be divided into two categories. One being works available to us from primary sources (manuscripts) and the other representing works which we come to know from secondary sources (other works which refer to them). The following is a list of works in each of these categories

Primary Sources	Secondary Sources
i. Kohalamatam	i. Uttaratantra
ii. Kohalarahasyam	ii. 厂补峁単墨迟补尘别谤耻
iii. 罢腻濒补濒补办峁�a峁嘺尘	iii. 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘
iv. 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘 Abhinaya艣膩stram	iv. 罢腻濒腻诲丑测腻测补
v. 叠丑补谤补迟补艣腻蝉迟谤补尘
vi. 顿补迟迟颈濒补办辞丑补濒墨测补尘
vii. 碍补耻丑补濒墨测补艣颈办峁Ｄ�

Works known through Primary sources are dealt with in detail in chapter 4. As seen in the above table, there are number of works of Kohala that are known through secondary sources. Due to the very nature of these sources, it is many a time difficult to gauge the authenticity and trustworthiness of these works. Nevertheless, these are important in the process of understanding Kohala. Modern scholars have put forth many theories regarding the nature of these works of Kohala. A brief introduction to these works and the theories of modern scholars on each of these works are presented in the coming paragraphs. A detailed evaluation of these works based on these theories, along with a good understanding of the concepts that Kohala stood for (which are discussed in chapters 2&3) will be taken up later.

i. Uttaratantra / 笔谤补蝉迟腻谤补迟补苍迟谤补

The first mention of a work of Kohala is seen in 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补, where Bharata says that Kohala will explain all that has been left unsaid by him in the 鈥�Uttaratantra鈥�^[1]. V. Raghavan is of the opinion that if this (so-called) work of Kohala supplements all the information found in 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补, then Bharata鈥檚 own creation would be 鈥榮omething like a 笔奴谤惫补迟补苍迟谤补鈥�^[2]. The term 鈥�Tantra鈥� in a generic sense could refer to any grantha. Since Kohala鈥檚 work was to follow 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补, it was perhaps given the prefix 鈥�Uttara鈥�, hence the title鈥斺��Uttaratantra鈥�.

The readings of the name of this work seem to be different in different editions of the 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补. For instance the GOS edition bears the name 鈥�Uttaratantra鈥�. In this book we also find the variant reading of 鈥�笔谤补蝉迟腻谤补迟补苍迟谤补鈥� mentioned in the footnote. Scholars have adopted either of these two titles. While M. Krishnamachari^[3] and S. K. De^[4] read 鈥�笔谤补蝉迟腻谤补迟补苍迟谤补鈥�, others like P. V. Kane^[5], V. Raghavan^[6] and Ramakrishna Kavi^[7] read the title of the work as 鈥�Uttaratantra鈥�.&苍产蝉辫;

It is noteworthy that while speaking of a work called Bharatottaram, M. R. Kavi mentions that it is a work composed by K墨rtidhara and that it is unavailable to us. Subsequently, he also cites the possibility of this work being the same as the Uttaratantra of Kohala^[8]. In the work 狈峁泃迟补谤补迟苍腻惫补濒墨, 闯腻测补 厂别苍腻辫补迟颈 mentions the eminent post-Bharata authors who wrote the Anutantras or supplementary works. V. Raghavan points out the closeness of the words 鈥�Anutantra鈥� and鈥�Uttaratantra鈥� and speculates its connection with Kohala^[9].

ii. 厂补峁単墨迟补尘别谤耻

The first reference to the work 厂补峁単墨迟补尘别谤耻 is found in the commentary of Kallin膩tha on the 狈补谤迟补苍腻诲丑测腻测补 of 厂补峁単墨迟补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补^[10]. This work has been written in the form of a dialogue between 艢腻谤诲奴濒补 and Kohala, where 艢腻谤诲奴濒补 poses questions and Kohala answers them. The material from 厂补峁単墨迟补尘别谤耻 that is available to us represents the most voluminous quotations of Kohala by any single author.

In the quotations available in the 碍补濒腻苍颈诲丑颈, we find Kohala鈥檚 opinions on 惫补谤迟补苍腻-s, c膩laka-s and madhupa 肠腻谤墨蝉. There are references to many 辫奴谤惫腻肠腻谤测补蝉 such as 叠丑补峁�峁�补ta峁囜笉u, 狈腻谤补诲补, 艢补尘产丑耻, 惭补迟补峁単补, Sumantu, 笔耻谤腻谤颈, Lauhityabha峁�峁璦ka, 碍峁�e尘补谤腻箩补 and K墨rtidhara in the available material of 厂补峁単墨迟补尘别谤耻. According to V. Raghavan, the names 叠丑补峁�峁�补ta峁囜笉u, Sumantu, 碍峁�e尘补谤腻箩补 and Lauhitabha峁�峁璦ka look like those of historical personalities^[11] while R. Sathyanarayana calls 碍峁�e尘补谤腻箩补 and Lauhitya 叠丑补峁�峁�补 鈥榤uch later names鈥�^[12]. The mention of 惭补迟补峁単补 creates some confusion. This is because 惭补迟补峁単补 himself quotes Kohala in his work. 

V. Raghavan presents an interesting opinion that this work is an elaborate one composed in a period much later than that of the original Kohala but passed off under his name. He also says that this might be the work which Abhinavagupta uses as reference material for all his quotations of Kohala found in 础产丑颈苍补惫补产丑腻谤补迟墨^[13].

iii. 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘

There are two works that bear the word 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘 in their title. One is titled 鈥�碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘鈥� and the other 鈥�碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘 Abhinaya艣膩stram鈥�. Details about the former are collected from secondary sources but no manuscript bearing this title is available. The latter is not mentioned in any previous 濒补办峁�a峁嘺驳谤补苍迟丑补, but the manuscript is listed in the Descriptive Catalogue of GOML (Acc. No. D12989) (ref. para 4.5). The present research scholar saw this manuscript in powdered and unsalvageable form in 2008. At present it is unavailable at the GOML.

The work titled 鈥�碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘鈥� (as gathered from secondary sources) has dealt with a wide variety of subjects covering 驳墨迟补, 惫腻诲测补, 苍峁泃测补, architecture and such like. The name of Kohala has appeared in 濒补办峁�a峁嘺驳谤补苍迟丑补蝉 right from the time of Bharata鈥檚 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补. But the work called 鈥�碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘鈥� does not find mention in any of the early treatises like the 叠峁沨补诲诲别艣墨, 础产丑颈苍补惫补产丑腻谤补迟墨 etc. References to 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘 are found in a string of treatises such as Sa峁叢的�迟补n膩r膩ya峁嘺, 厂补峁単墨迟腻谤峁嘺惫补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻, and Sa峁叢的�迟补sara峁噄 written in the Orissa region from the 16th century C.E. onwards. There is some confusion as to the dates of these works. Sa峁叢的�迟补n膩r膩ya峁嘺 is attributed to Gajapati 狈腻谤腻测补峁嘺deva and is believed to have been written between 1718 and 1767 C.E. N墨lm膩dhab P膩峁噄gr膩hi mentions that this work was actually written by 笔耻谤耻峁�o迟迟补尘补 Mi艣r膩 in 1645 C.E.^[14]. 厂补峁単墨迟腻谤峁嘺惫补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 of Raghun膩th Rath (or 狈墨濒补办补峁囜弓丑补?) was written in 1689 C.E. Another work called Sa峁叢的�迟补sara峁噄 was written by 狈腻谤腻测补峁嘺 Mi艣r膩, the son of 笔耻谤耻峁�o迟迟补尘补 Mi艣r膩 in the 18th century C.E. Mukund Lath mentions the work called 叠丑补办迟颈谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 by an 18th century Bengali poet named Narahari. In this, he says there is a quotation from 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘 regarding the occasion and purpose of using certain 谤腻驳补蝉^[15].

It is interesting to note that all these works (except 叠丑补办迟颈谤补迟苍腻办补谤补) belong to the Orissa region and also that the same quotations from 碍辞丑补濒墨测补尘 are repeatedly found in all of these works. The work of Kohala, as found in these Orissa texts, covers a wide range of topics.

iv. 罢腻濒腻诲丑测腻测补

This work owes its association to Kohala via a reference by M. Krishnamachari^[16]. He has mentioned that this work titled 罢腻濒腻诲丑测腻测补 is a fragment a work of Kohala with a Telugu commentary. No other scholar mentions this work among those that they list out as being creations of Kohala. This work is available in manuscript form in the GOML. It is a palm-leaf manuscript in good condition and has been written in Telugu script with 24 folios. The accession number is MD 12996. The work is incomplete. There is no mention of Kohala either in the descriptive catalogue or in the manuscript itself. This being the case, it is unclear as to how M. Krishnamachari attributes this work to Kohala.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

艣别峁�a峁� uttaratantre峁嘺 kohalastu kari峁�yati | 37.18 |鈥擭a峁瓂a艣膩stra of Bharatamuni: 2006: GOS Vol. IV: p.517

[2]:

叠丑辞蝉箩补鈥檚 艢峁涐箙驳腻谤补辫谤补办腻艣补: 1963: p.519

[3]:

History of Classical Sanskrit Literature: 1974: p.822

[4]:

History of Sanskrit Poetics: 1923: Vol. I: p.25

[5]:

Fragments of Koshala: 1930: p.576

[6]:

叠丑辞蝉箩补鈥檚 艢峁涐箙驳腻谤补辫谤补办腻艣补: 1963: p.519

[7]:

叠丑补谤补迟补办辞蝉艣补:1999: p.153

[8]:

艣别峁�a尘耻迟迟补谤补迟补苍迟谤别峁嘺 办辞丑补濒补岣� 办补迟丑补测颈峁�y补迟墨迟颈鈥� bharatena uktatv膩t, tacchi峁�ye峁嘺 kohalena pra峁嚹玹amapi bhavediti c膩bhiprayanti |鈥擝丑补谤补迟补办辞艣补: 1999: p.431

[9]:

狈峁泃迟补谤补迟苍腻惫补濒颈蝉 of 闯腻测补 Sesn膩pati: 1965: Intro: p.43

[10]:

厂补峁単墨迟补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 of 艢腻谤峁単补诲别惫补: 1953: Vol. IV: V. 7.348, 7.349, 7.1016: pp. 111-124,313-317

[11]:

Collected Writings on Indian Music: 2007: Vol. II: p.80

[12]:

础产丑颈苍补惫补产丑补谤补迟补蝉腻谤补蝉补峁単谤补丑补:1960: Intro: p.LVI-LVII

[13]:

Collected Writings on Indian Music: 2007: Vol. II: p.81

[14]:

厂补峁単颈蝉迟腻谤峁嘺惫补肠补苍诲谤颈办腻: 1995: p.52

[15]:

A Study of Dattilam: 1978: p.434

[16]:

History of Classical Sanskrit Literature:1974: p.822