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explanations. This book contains eight cantos and 208 verses. The discussion defining sutras is found in the name of 'Alankarachudamani'. There is an explanatory section with examples titled "Vivek' to clarify the definations. Hemchandracharya is the writer of all these three - sutras, definitions and explanations. As Hemchandracharya writes in *Trishastisalakapurushacharita', books such as 'Yogashastri are for himself, some books are for Siddharaj and this book is for people. This book aims at giving an idea of poetics to ordinary students. That is why he has written 'Sutra', 'Svoparatika' and "Vivekachudamani' for students of different levels. This division also clarifies his aim.
collection of books and he had studies numerous books in order to write 'Kavyanushasan'. In Kavyanushasan' he co-ordinated the principles given in the books of Anandavardhan, Abhinavagupta, Rudrat, Rajshekar, Mammat, Dhananjay and such other poeticians. With a view to writing an encyclopaedic book he thought, it seems that the student should first learn 'Sabdanushasan' and get acquainted with dictionarys and then he should have an access to poetics. That is why he arranges the figures of speach in a way that was different from that of his predecessor. Let us think of this in detail,
"Kavyanushasan' makes no mention of King Kumarpal. "Kavyanushasan' during the life time of Siddharaj. The eight cantos of this book discuss with citations from earlier poeticians the purpose of poetry, poetic genius, merits and faults of poetry, humours, lyrical qualities, emotions, figures of speech of words, figures of speech of meanings, kinds of poetry and drama and such subjects. In "Kavyanushasan' there are in all 1632 examples; 807 in Alankarachudamani' and 825 in Vivek'. Names of 50 poets and 81 books are mentioned. This shows that Kalikalsarvagna Hemchandra-charya had a vast
Chronologically speaking, Bharat mentions only four figures of speech with defination. Then 'Vishnudharmottar' gives two figures of speech regarding words and sixteen figures of speech regarding meaning. Thus one finds there 18 figures of speech. Subsequently Bhatti and Bhamah present thirty-eight figures of speech, Fandi shows thirty five figufes of speech and Udbat shows forty one figures of speech, Vaman gives thirty-three figures of speech in his "Kavyalankar' sutra. Anandvardhana who regards sound as the soul of poetry, diminisheds the importance of figures of speech. Rudrat gives fifty-eight figures of speech and Mammat gives more that sixty figures of speech. Ruyyak, the author of *Alankarasarvasva presents as many as seventy five figures of speech with difinitions and examples. Hemchandracharya who
