Naukākhyāyam

This is an Alaṃkāra-śāstra Naukākhyāyam. The text is a commentry on Bhānudatta's Rasataraṅgiṇī. Bhānudatta uses Nyāya for his Poetics and Rasataraṅgiṇī means the waves of Rasa in which Naukā (Boat) navigates through these waves. Gaṅgārāma Jaṭi(ḍi)n is a descendant of Nīlakaṇṭha of Benares, son of Nārāyaṇa and grandson (daughter's son) of Dinakara, student of Nīlakaṇṭha, and contemporary of Veṅkaṭeśa. Lived between 1715-50 A. D. The text Naukā or Naukākhyāyam contains 8 chapters on Sthāyibhāva, Vibhāva, Anubhāva, Sāttvika-bhāva, Vyabhicāri-bhāva, Śṛṅgāra Rasa, Anye (others) Rasāḥ, Dṛṣṭānta / Saṃkīrṇa, but in the manuscripts contains from 2nd to 8th chapter and at the end there are 3 folios without number. It starts with middle section of 2nd chapter after ends of 2nd chapter perhapes it is an incomplete text.