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"पद्यं चतुष्पदी तथ्य वृत्तं जातिरिति द्विधा ।
छन्दोविचित्यां सकलस्तत्मपञ्चो निरूपितः ॥"
 
in the Kavyadarsa. Here the absence of expressions like
makes it difficult to take this as meaning a work
by himself. Moreover we find the mention of
Chhandoviciti in earlier works like the Arthasastra of
Kantalya and Dharmasutra of Apastamba, and so
the
work referred to, if at all any specific work is meant
must be the Chhandassastra of Pingalanaga.
 
A third view is that Kalapariccheda mentioned in
the Kavyadarsa in the verse,
 
"इत्थं कलाचतुष्पष्टिविरोध: साधु नीयताम् ।
तस्याः कलापरिच्छेदे रूपमाविर्भविष्यति ॥"
 
is the other work of Dandin. This view also is not
correct; because, terms like aft, , , etc.
 
are generally used to denote only sections of works and
not the names of the works themselves. Moreover, in his
commentary on Bhavabhūti's Malatīmādhava, Jagaddhara
has cited certain verses as from the Kavyadarsa bat
which are not found in the printed editions of the
work. So also are some verses cited in Jayamangala,
the commentary on Kamasutra. As for instance,
 
"
 
"दंष्टाम्रर्ध्या प्रागू यो द्राकुमामव्वन्तःस्थामुच्चिक्षेप ।
देवध्रुक्षिद्ध्यत्विक्स्तुत्यो युष्मान् सोऽव्यात् सपत्किंतुः ॥"
 
while explaining the art called दुर्वाचक योगा' and 'आश्वासं जनयति
राजमुख्यमध्ये' etc•, while explaining the art called काव्य समस्यापुरणम्.
These instances show that at the time when Jayamangala
was written, there was a section in the Kavyadarsa dealing