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14. Vāgbhatālamṃkāra (or Väāgbhatṭa's Treatise on Poetics) : This is a

small treatise known by the name of its author Väāgbhaṭa (1123-56

AD). There is another rhetorician of the same name whose work is

called Kävyānusāvyānuśāsana.
 

 
The present work is divided into 5 chapters and contains 260

verses. The fourth chapter discusses 40 alamṃkāras. The

Kavyānusāvyānuśāsana of second Väāgbhata is written in the form of suṭa is written in the form of sūtra,

vṛtti and udāharaṇa (ie aphorism, explanation and illustration) and

gives, in brief, a complete treatment of the topics of poetics. But

both texts lack originality and extensively borrow from previous

works. Therefore these two Väāgbhaṭṭas do not exert any influence

in the domain of literary criticism.
 

 
15. Kāvyanusānuśāsana (or Prescriptions on the Treatment of Poetry): It

is written by the famous jain scholar, grammarian, critic and poet

Hemacandra (11th century AD). He is a prolific writer whose

works cover rhetoric and prosody, grammar of the Prākṛta lan-

guage, lexicography, biography of the Jain saints, poems with dou-

ble meanings (dvyāśraya kāvya) and Yoga philosophy. But his con-

tribution to Sanskrit poetics is not very significant and therefore

later rhetoricians remain silent about his work and do not quote or

refer to his opinions. The Kavyanuśāvyānuśāsana is basically a compilation

with extensive borrowings from the works of Rajasśekhara, AĀnan-

davardhana, Abhinavagupta, Mammaţṭa and others. The work (in
three parts the su
three parts -- the sūtras known as Kävyānuśäsanaāvyānuśāsana , the vṛtti called

Alamṃkāra-cūḍāmaṇi and the commentary called Viveka) is divided

into 8 chapters and quotes 1500 verses from renowned poets as

illustrations. He deals with 6 figures of sounds and 29 figures of
sense along with their divisions
 

sense along with their divisions.
 
16. Candraāloka (or Moonlight focussing the Beauty of Poetry): The

Candrāloka (1200-1250 AD) of Jayadeva is an elementary treatise
written in very simple and lucid style and perhaps intended to serve

written in very simple and lucid style and perhaps intended to serve
as a handbook for the beginners. The voluminous Sanskrit drama

Prasanna-rāghava, based on the theme of Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇa, also

comes from the same author. Jayadeva is honoured with the title

Piīyūṣa-varşṣa (ie a poet showering nectar) for his mellifluous verses.
 
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