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tively) and the maternal uncle of Sriharṣa, the author of the
famous epic poem Naiṣadha-carita.
He was schooled and educated in Varanasi. His work is divided
into 10 chapters containing 143 kārikās with their commentaries
and illustrations. He mentions with respect the concepts of literary
criticism of his predecessors such as Bharata, Rudraţa, Lollata,
Sankuka, Bhaṭṭanāyaka and Abhinavagupta, but sometimes it
seems that he is more eager to find fault with the opinions of oth-
ers than to establish his own thesis. In this work, 67 alamkāras have
been defined, explained and illustrated. Mammaṭa's Kāvyaprakāśa
turned to be the magnum opus and the standard text on literary crit-
icism throughout India. As a high profile critic and erudite scholar
Mammața ranks as one of the best along with Anandavardhana,
Abhinavagupta, Rājaśekhara, Kuntaka and Jaganātha.
13. Alamkāra-sarvasva (or The Essence of Literary Criticism, 1100 -
1150 AD): This treatise, divided into three parts and written in the
form of definitions, commentaries and illustrations, is a pioneering
work of Ruyyaka and treats almost all the topics of poetics. But his
particular interest is to make a critical study of the figures of
speech. Here 6 figures of sound and 76 figures of sense have been
defined, explained and illustrated.
Ruyyaka does not advocate any special theory of his own but
strongly supports Anandvardhana's theory of duani and also sum-
marises the views of his predecessors like Udbhaṭa, Rudrata,
Vāmana, Kuntaka and Mahimabhaṭṭa. He is a follower of Mammaţa
in the treatment of alamkāras. He mentions with respect many
famous works and authors of poetics and also refers to the opin-
ions of Mammața while explaining the various theories of poetics.
Ruyyaka is also the author of some other works including treatises
on poetics and dramaturgy, commentaries and short poems. The
Alamkāra-sarvasva refers to the view of the eastern school
of rhetoricians like Bhämaha, Udbhaṭa and others, who, according
to Ruyyaka, think that figures are the fundamental attributes
of poetry or the figurative expression is the basic feature of
poet's language.
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xxvii
tively) and the maternal uncle of Sriharṣa, the author of the
famous epic poem Naiṣadha-carita.
He was schooled and educated in Varanasi. His work is divided
into 10 chapters containing 143 kārikās with their commentaries
and illustrations. He mentions with respect the concepts of literary
criticism of his predecessors such as Bharata, Rudraţa, Lollata,
Sankuka, Bhaṭṭanāyaka and Abhinavagupta, but sometimes it
seems that he is more eager to find fault with the opinions of oth-
ers than to establish his own thesis. In this work, 67 alamkāras have
been defined, explained and illustrated. Mammaṭa's Kāvyaprakāśa
turned to be the magnum opus and the standard text on literary crit-
icism throughout India. As a high profile critic and erudite scholar
Mammața ranks as one of the best along with Anandavardhana,
Abhinavagupta, Rājaśekhara, Kuntaka and Jaganātha.
13. Alamkāra-sarvasva (or The Essence of Literary Criticism, 1100 -
1150 AD): This treatise, divided into three parts and written in the
form of definitions, commentaries and illustrations, is a pioneering
work of Ruyyaka and treats almost all the topics of poetics. But his
particular interest is to make a critical study of the figures of
speech. Here 6 figures of sound and 76 figures of sense have been
defined, explained and illustrated.
Ruyyaka does not advocate any special theory of his own but
strongly supports Anandvardhana's theory of duani and also sum-
marises the views of his predecessors like Udbhaṭa, Rudrata,
Vāmana, Kuntaka and Mahimabhaṭṭa. He is a follower of Mammaţa
in the treatment of alamkāras. He mentions with respect many
famous works and authors of poetics and also refers to the opin-
ions of Mammața while explaining the various theories of poetics.
Ruyyaka is also the author of some other works including treatises
on poetics and dramaturgy, commentaries and short poems. The
Alamkāra-sarvasva refers to the view of the eastern school
of rhetoricians like Bhämaha, Udbhaṭa and others, who, according
to Ruyyaka, think that figures are the fundamental attributes
of poetry or the figurative expression is the basic feature of
poet's language.
Digitized by Google
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN