Kavyanushasana Critical Study

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye

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material found in the three-tier text, explaining its theoretical implications.
The method of study is so devised as to help the understanding of the text in all its three layers and aspects as also to bring out the sense of each and every passage - especially of the Viveka text which has been only partiaily handled so far, Care is taken to evaluate the views presented here so as to help judge the work of Hemachandra and realize his place in Sanskrit Poetics.
This study thus deals with all such topics of the Sanskrit Sāhityaśāstra as are intimately connected with poets, poetry and poetics, and reviews critically many major or minor issues arising out of the text in so far as the composition and appreciation of poetry are concerned. It also attempts to correlate scattered opinions and views and comments and observations with the author's Theory of Literature and studies carefully the complex interplay of a wide range of factors in the creative process.
It will be seen that Hemachandra's three tier text tackles theoretical ideas and concepts in an integrated manner. Hence the method of this critical and analytical study is essentially an integrated one. As a result, it has become possible to systematically highlight Hemachandra's considered views on the highways and byways of Sanskrit literary criticism. As our chief concern here has been with Hemachandra's PoeticsAesthetics, I have followed the method of presentation of this study as under :
Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four
: The Poetic Universe : The Poetic Meaning : The Aesthetic Experience : The Poetic Blemishes or Dosas