Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study)
by Padma Sugavanam | 2011 | 95,782 words
This page relates 鈥楥itations of Kohala in the Bharatarnava鈥� of the thesis dealing with Kohala鈥檚 contribution to the Sanskrit textual tradition of ancient Indian performing arts. The study focuses specifically on music (Gita), dance (Nritya), and drama (Natya). Although Kohala鈥檚 original works have not been found, numerous references to him across Lakshana-Granthas (treatises) and works by modern scholars indicate his significance.
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Part 13 - Citations of Kohala in the 叠丑补谤补迟腻谤峁嘺惫补
叠丑补谤补迟腻谤峁嘺惫补 (14th century C.E.) is a 濒补办峁峁嘺驳谤补苍迟丑补 attributed to 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补, that deals primarily with 诲别艣墨 苍峁泃迟补. In this work there is only one reference to Kohala. This is on the subject of 腻濒腻辫补肠腻谤墨蝉 (ref.para 2.2.10.2). 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 presents a detailed description of the method of performing this 腻濒腻辫补肠腻谤墨 and then says that these are the views of Kohala and others. The same set of verses appears in the work titled 厂补峁単墨迟补蝉耻诲丑腻办补谤补 of 贬补谤颈辫腻濒补诲别惫补.
It is a well-known fact there is much overlapping textual material between 叠丑补谤补迟腻谤峁嘺惫补 of 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 and 厂补峁単墨迟补蝉耻诲丑腻办补谤补 of 贬补谤颈辫腻濒补诲别惫补.
M. R. Kavi reiterates this fact, when he says:
啶夃お啶侧が啷嵿ぇ啶ぞ啶椸ぞ啶� 啶侧啶栢啷堗ぐ啶多啶︵啶о啶曕啶� 啶囙い啶�, 啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班お啶班ぎ啷囙し啷嵿啶苦が啶苦ぐ啷佮う啶膏啶� 啶灌ぐ啶苦お啶距げ啶︵啶掂じ啷嵿く 啶多啶侧啶曕ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶す啷傕え啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啷嵿き啶距さ啶苦い啶む啶掂ぞ啶︵ 啶椸啶班え啷嵿ぅ啷嬥く啶ざ啷佮う啷嵿ぇ 啶囙い啶� 啶� 啶溹啶炧ぞ啶い啷� 啷�
upalabdhabh膩g膩岣� lekhakaira艣uddh墨k峁泃a iti, vic膩raparame峁ａ弓hibirudasya harip膩ladevasya 艣lok膩n膩峁� bah奴n膩mantarbh膩vitatv膩d granthoyama艣uddha iti ca j帽膩yate |[1]
That being said, it is interesting to find the very same set of verses is also seen in the manuscript titled 础产丑颈苍补测补艣腻蝉迟谤补尘 (GOML Acc. No. 12987). From internal evidences it appears that this manuscript contains the text of 厂补峁単墨迟补蝉耻诲丑腻办补谤补. Further, the place that reads 鈥�碍辞丑补濒腻诲颈产丑颈岣�鈥� in 叠丑补谤补迟腻谤峁嘺惫补, instead reads 鈥�贬别丑补濒腻诲颈产丑颈岣�鈥� in the manuscript of 础产丑颈苍补测补-艣腻蝉迟谤补 [础产丑颈苍补测补艣腻蝉迟谤补尘]. This is very likely the result of scribal errors. Thus it is beyond doubt that this very same description of 腻濒腻辫补肠腻谤墨蝉 is found in both 叠丑补谤补迟腻谤峁嘺惫补 and 厂补峁単墨迟补蝉耻诲丑腻办补谤补 and both represent the views of Kohala on this subject.
This extract describing 腻濒腻辫补肠腻谤墨蝉 does not appear in any earlier or later works. 叠丑补谤补迟腻谤峁嘺惫补 and 厂补峁単墨迟补蝉耻诲丑腻办补谤补 are the only works to cite this material. It does appear that the identity of Kohala according to 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 and that of earlier works like 础产丑颈苍补惫补产丑腻谤补迟墨 or 厂补峁単墨迟补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 was different. The source from which 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补 obtained these views of Kohala is unknown. But it is clear that this Kohala was different from the Kohala(s) mentioned by earlier authors as well as later ones.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
叠丑补谤补迟补办辞艣补: 1999: p. 130-131