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CONTENTS

PART I

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1. Names of Early Writers 1-3 2. The Agnipurāņa 3-10 3. The Nātyasāstra of Bharata 10-63 4. Medhavin 63-64 5. Dharmakīrti and Alankāraśāstra 64-66 6. The Visnudharmottarpurana 66-72 7. Bhatțikāvya 72-78 8. The Kāvyālankara of Bhamaha - 78-88 9. The Kāvyādarsa of Daņdin 88-102 10. The Relative Position of Bhamaha and Dandin 102-133 11. Alankārasārasangraha of Udbhața 133-139 12. The Kāvyālankārasūtra of Vāmana 139-147 13. An Alphabetical list of Alankāras 148-151 14. The Kāvyālankāra of Rudrata 151-160 15. The Dhvanyāloka 161-208 16. The Kāvyamīmānsā of Rājaśekhara 208-218 17. The Abhidhāvrtti-matrkā of Mukulabhatta 218 18. The Kāvyakautuka of Bhattatota 218-221 19. The Hrdayadarpana of Bhattanāyaka 221-225 20. The Vakroktijīvita of Kuntaka 225-236 21. Abhinavagupta 236-243 . -22. The Daśarūpa of Dhananjaya 243-248 23. The Vyaktiviveka of Rājānaka Mahimabhațța 248-257 24. The Sarasvatīkaņthabharana and Śrngāraprakäsa of Bhoja 257-264 25. Aucityavicāracarcā and Kavikaņțhābharaņa of Kşemendra 264-266 26. The Kāvyaprakāśa of Mammața 266-275 27. The Alankarasarvasva of Ruyyaka 275-286 28. The Vāgbhatalankara of Vagbhata 286-287 29. The Kavyanusāsana of Hemacandra 287-290 30. The Chandraloka of Jayadeva 290-292 31. The Ekāvalī of Vidyādhara 292-293

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32. The Pratāparudrayasobhūșaņa 293-295 33. The Kavyanusasana of Vagbhața 295-296 34. The Sahityadarpana of Viśvanatha 296-304 35. The Rasamañjarī and Rasatarangiņī of Bhanudatta 304-310 36. The Bhaktirasamrtasindhu and Ujjvalanīla- maņi of Rūpagosvāmin 310-315 37. The Alankaraśekhara of Keśavamiśra 315-317 38. Appayyadīkşita 317-321 39. The Rasagangadhara of Jagannatha 321-325

PART II

1. The Early Poetic Efforts 326-331 2. The Early Poetry in Classical Sanskrit 331-335 3. Early Beginnings of Poetics 335-341 4. The Name of the Sastra 341-344 5. The topics of the Alankārasastra 344-346 6. The Purpose of Poetry 346-348 7. The Equipment of the Poet 348-352 8. The Definition of Poetry 352-355 9. The Rasa School 355-372 10. The Alankara School 372-378 11. The Riti School 378-384 12. The Vakrokti Theory 384-387 13. The Dhvani School 387-391 14. The Divisions of Poetry 391-392 15. Doşas 392 16. The Influence of other Sastras on Poetics 393-395 Index of Authors and Works on Sanskrit Poetics 397-450

The History of Sanskrit Poetics

The History of Alankara Literature can naturally be divided into two parts. The first part would have to be devoted to an account of the important works on the Alankāra- sāstra, a brief analysis of the contents and the chronology of writers on the Alankāraśāstra and other kindred matters. More space would have to be devoted to early writers. The second part would comprise a review of the subjects that fall to be treated under the Alankāraśāstra, attempt to show how from very small beginnings various theories about Poetics and literary criticism were evolved, dilate upon the different aspects of an elaborate theory of Poetics and trace the historv of literary theories in India. Part I 1. As in many other branches of Sanskrit Literature, so in the Alankarasāstra also, we come across many writers whose works have not come down to us and who are no more than mere names to us. राजशेखर, for example, in his काव्यमीमांसा (p.1), tells us how the science of Poetics could claim to have been proclaimed by Śiva to Brahmā, from whom it was handed down to others and how it came to be divided into eighteen sections ( uferrus), each of which taught in this world by a particular teacher: 'तत्र कविरहस्यं सहस्राक्षः समाम्नासीत, शक्तिकमुक्तिगर्भः, रीतिनिर्ययं सुवर्णनाभः, आनुप्रासिकं प्रचेतायनः, यमकानि चित्रं चित्राकदः, शब्दश्लेषं शेष:, वास्तवं पुलस्त्यः, शपम्यमौपकायनः, अतिशयं पाराशरः, अर्थश रमुतथ्यः, उभयालक्कारिकं कुबेर:, वैनोदिकं कामदेवः, रूपकनिरूपणीयं भरतः, रसाधिकारिक नन्दिकेश्वरः, दोषाधिकारिकं विषयः, गुणौपादानिकमुपमन्युः, भपनिषदिकं कुचुमारः, «fa.' It is doubtful how far this list is authentic or whether most of the writers named are mythical. It is, however, to be noted that सुवर्णनाभ and कुचुमार appear as teachers of the सांप्रयोगिक and औपनिषदिक sections of Erotics in the कामसूत्र (I. 1. 13 and 17), while Bharata's work dealing with Rūpakas (plays) has come down to modern times. aurr is frequently mentioned by the arreer (vide I. 5. 23; II. 2. 23; II. 5. 34; II. 8. 7 &c.). Nandikeśvara is said in the above passage to have written a treatise on Rasas. This is probable. The last chapter in the. Kāvyamālā edition of the Nātyasastra ends with the words HSP I