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deeper than that of Bhamaha. Hence, while the latter does not acknowledge any difference between the two styles (Rīti), (i) Vaidarbha and (ii) Gaudiya1 and looks upon this distinction as foolish ; the former, through analytical study, has finally established2 it.

2. He is more under the influence of the dramaturgic school of Bharata than Bhamaha. For, while the latter talks of only three poetic qualities or attributes and looks upon them as non-essentials of poetry ; the former accepts all the ten, discussed by Bharata, and represents8 them to be the very life of the Vaidarbhī style.

3. While, according to Bhamaha, Rasa holds an independent status only in the case of Mahākāvya, and elsewhere it is only subservient to the poetic figures, such as Preyas and Rasavat etc .: Dandin, from his conception of the poetic attribute, Madhurya, seems to have discovered Rasa as an important element in all poetic presentations. For, according to him, sweetness of style (Madhurya) consists in the inclusion of such words and ideas in the composition as reveal the Rasa. Dandin thus appears to represent a more advanced school of literary criticism than Bhamaha.

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE QUALITIES OF POETRY EXPLAINED.

There are two views on the qualities of poetry (Guna). According to one, they belong to word or mean- ing or both. According to the other, they belong to the æsthetic experience and, therefore represent the state of the self at the time of æsthetic experience. Further, there is a

1. K. A., 4. 2. K. D., 39, 3. K. D., 40. 4. K. D. 50.