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Vyañjanā'
709 Thus, vyañjanā supported by Anandavardhana as an independent sabda-śakti in his Dhvanyaloka, the first available written document on this topic, passes through several phases and is finally established by Mammaţa, following the lead of Ānandavardhana and Abhinavagupta and also by his illustrious supporters beginning with ācārya Hemacandra, down to Appayya Dixit and Jagannātha, the latter two of course differing from Mammata with reference to abhidhāmula-ārthivyañjana. We have seen how challanges came from Mukula, Kuntaka, Mahima and Dhananjaya and Dhanika in a way. We will discuss the challanges to vyañjanā in the following chapter. These challanges in a way cover the challanges to the concept of dhvani in general also.
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