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
On Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 at 10:33 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> 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:
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