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CCCXVI
Kavyanusasana The third sūtra deals with the abhidheya prayojana that is the purpose of the subject of poetics that is the purpose of poetry. This purpose is laid down by Hemachandra as threefold, viz:-aesthetic pleasure ( ánanda ), fame (yaşas), and to be sweetly didactic (Kāntātulyatayā Upadeşāya). Here it may be noted that Hemachandra has omitted the three additional purposes given by Mammata, viz:--earning of money, knowledge of worldly behaviour (courtly behaviour etc) and the removal of evil ( through the mysterious influence of the poetic hymns etc.). The reasons for not accepting these three purposes are succintly given in the Al, C. and more clearly with illustrations in the Viveka (pp. 3–4). This illustrates the method of Hemachandra.
The fourth sūtra gives the 'cause of poetry' (Kavyasya Kāraṇam ) viz:-pratibhā - genius - which is explained in the Al. C. as 'intelligence occupied in imagining new things (nava-navollekha - şālini prajna)'. Here also Hemachandra differs from Mammața in laying emphasis on the main cause, which according to him is ‘pratibhā' or genius while the other causes mentioned by Mammaţa are regarded as mere accessories by him. This discrimination of what is of primary importance and what is secondary is really an important thing in such a subject as poetics.
In the two sūtras, five and six-this pratibhā (genius) is described in Jaina terminology. The seventh sūtra tells us that this genius is to be trained (lit. polished) by means of the study and the practice of the art. The eighth sūtra mentions the subjects of study which are briefly described in the Al. C. while expounded with illustrations in the Viveka. The ninth and the tenth
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