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INTRODUCTION.
The following pages embody the text of a Sanskrit
work on 'dosa' (poetical blemishes) by one Ganga-
nanda Kavlndra,an inhabitant of Tirabhukta or Mithila.
It is the only Sanskrit work, so far known, devoted
exclusively to an exposition of this topic.
The work is divided into five chapters, each called by
the name of 'Drsti'. The first chapter deals with the
definition of 'dosa' and its classification. The definition
of the 'verbal faults' (3*5193) 1) has been examined
and illustrated. The remainig chapters treat respecti-
vely, in a similar manner, of the faults of aspects of
WOK'S, of sentences, of meanings and of rasa. In the
last chapter there appears also a discussion as to when
a dosa is regarded as a guna, when its does not involve
any defect at all, or when it is neutral so that it can
not be treated either as a guna or as a dosa.
The author, whose name appers as Gangananda in
the colophon, was a Maithil Brahman,beingthe younger
brother of one Raghunatha to whom he refers (p. 37).
Nothing is known about his parentage. He was a
protege of Mahārāja Karṇa of Bikaner. The reign of
Karna-Sri Lui Karna Deva-,son of Maharaja Bikaji is
generally assigned to 1506-1527 A. D. Hence Ganga-
nanda may be rightly placed in the beginning of the
16th century.
The following pages embody the text of a Sanskrit
work on 'dosa' (poetical blemishes) by one Ganga-
nanda Kavlndra,an inhabitant of Tirabhukta or Mithila.
It is the only Sanskrit work, so far known, devoted
exclusively to an exposition of this topic.
The work is divided into five chapters, each called by
the name of 'Drsti'. The first chapter deals with the
definition of 'dosa' and its classification. The definition
of the 'verbal faults' (3*5193) 1) has been examined
and illustrated. The remainig chapters treat respecti-
vely, in a similar manner, of the faults of aspects of
WOK'S, of sentences, of meanings and of rasa. In the
last chapter there appears also a discussion as to when
a dosa is regarded as a guna, when its does not involve
any defect at all, or when it is neutral so that it can
not be treated either as a guna or as a dosa.
The author, whose name appers as Gangananda in
the colophon, was a Maithil Brahman,beingthe younger
brother of one Raghunatha to whom he refers (p. 37).
Nothing is known about his parentage. He was a
protege of Mahārāja Karṇa of Bikaner. The reign of
Karna-Sri Lui Karna Deva-,son of Maharaja Bikaji is
generally assigned to 1506-1527 A. D. Hence Ganga-
nanda may be rightly placed in the beginning of the
16th century.