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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
teachers because of the fact that the book extensively deals with all
topics of poetics as well dramaturgy. 84 figures have been defined
explained and illustrated by Visvanātha.
20. Kāvyānusasana (or A Manual on the Theories of Poetry): The
text as well as its commentary are written by Vägbhaṭa (14th cen-
tury AD) who is different from Vāghaṭa, the Jain scholar and
author of Vägbhaṭālamkāra mentioned previously. The work divided
into 5 chapters is originally a compendium and profusely borrows
from Rajasekhara's Kavya-mīmāmsā and Mammaṭa's Kavyaprakāśa.
It deals with 6 figures of sound and 63 figures of sense.
21. Alamkārasekhara (or A Jewel of Literary Criticism) : This trea-
tise (1550-1600 AD) of Keśavamiśra consists of kārikās, vṛttis and
illustrations. But the author himself reports that the kārikās are
composed by one Śauddhodani, about whom no information is
available from any source. The work is divided into 8 chapters and
deals with the principal topics of poetics. But this minor work bears
no importance at all. The author has simply supplied brief expla-
nations and the illustrations to the original text of another scholar.
Most of the illustrations are taken from previous works on poetics.
22-24. Appayya Dikṣita (1520-1593 AD) is a prolific writer and
erudite scholar. About 100 works are ascribed to him, but unfortu-
nately most of them are lost. His three works on poetics - Vrttivar-
tika, Kuvalayānanda and Citramimamsā are avaible. In the first work
he deals with the relation of word and meaning and their func-
tions. The second work is an elementary treatise on the figures of
speech. It is not an original work, but he has borrowed the defini-
tions and illustrations from Jayadeva's Candrāloka. The
Citramīmāmsā discusses, in brief, the fundamental topics of poetics.
Here his treatment is quite novel because first of all he defines the
principal topics in kārikās and then submits the views of other
rhetoricians with critical comments and rejects them if and when
necessary. But unfortunately here we find only 11 figures of sense
and with atiśayokti it ends in the mid-way abruptly. While refuting
the views of Citramimamsã in his
Citramimamsā-khaṇḍana
Jagannatha comes up to apahnuti.
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A Handbook of Classical Sanskrit Rhetoric
teachers because of the fact that the book extensively deals with all
topics of poetics as well dramaturgy. 84 figures have been defined
explained and illustrated by Visvanātha.
20. Kāvyānusasana (or A Manual on the Theories of Poetry): The
text as well as its commentary are written by Vägbhaṭa (14th cen-
tury AD) who is different from Vāghaṭa, the Jain scholar and
author of Vägbhaṭālamkāra mentioned previously. The work divided
into 5 chapters is originally a compendium and profusely borrows
from Rajasekhara's Kavya-mīmāmsā and Mammaṭa's Kavyaprakāśa.
It deals with 6 figures of sound and 63 figures of sense.
21. Alamkārasekhara (or A Jewel of Literary Criticism) : This trea-
tise (1550-1600 AD) of Keśavamiśra consists of kārikās, vṛttis and
illustrations. But the author himself reports that the kārikās are
composed by one Śauddhodani, about whom no information is
available from any source. The work is divided into 8 chapters and
deals with the principal topics of poetics. But this minor work bears
no importance at all. The author has simply supplied brief expla-
nations and the illustrations to the original text of another scholar.
Most of the illustrations are taken from previous works on poetics.
22-24. Appayya Dikṣita (1520-1593 AD) is a prolific writer and
erudite scholar. About 100 works are ascribed to him, but unfortu-
nately most of them are lost. His three works on poetics - Vrttivar-
tika, Kuvalayānanda and Citramimamsā are avaible. In the first work
he deals with the relation of word and meaning and their func-
tions. The second work is an elementary treatise on the figures of
speech. It is not an original work, but he has borrowed the defini-
tions and illustrations from Jayadeva's Candrāloka. The
Citramīmāmsā discusses, in brief, the fundamental topics of poetics.
Here his treatment is quite novel because first of all he defines the
principal topics in kārikās and then submits the views of other
rhetoricians with critical comments and rejects them if and when
necessary. But unfortunately here we find only 11 figures of sense
and with atiśayokti it ends in the mid-way abruptly. While refuting
the views of Citramimamsã in his
Citramimamsā-khaṇḍana
Jagannatha comes up to apahnuti.
Digitized by
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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