Padaprakāśa

The Padaprakāśa is Ājaḍa’s commentary on the Sarasvatīkaṇṭhābharaṇa, dating to the latter half of the 13th century. This work quotes from many sources, but above all the works of Hemacandra (Kāvyānuśāsana, Abhidhānacintāmaṇi, etc.). He also quotes in extenso from Namisādhu’s commentary to Rudraṭa’s Kāvyālaṅkāra. Chheda has also pointed to reworkings of discussions of Arjunavarmadeva (on the verses of Amaru), as well as some telling similarities between Ājaḍa’s and Ratneśvara’s commentaries in chapter 3, but did not pronounce upon who might have borrowed from whom.