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[P. 5. A. 1. S. 4. reader. In fact it is universally acknowledged that poets are proverbially poor. These objects can, therefore, be summarily dismissed as pafah ( i. e. not definite ) thus:-(1) because wealth and other things can be secured in other ways (2) because wealth and other things may not be necessarily secured from poetry.
Now starts the question what is the root cause of poetry-from what does it spring ? The answer of that is explicit. He says:--
Sutra 4th :- The (main) cause of poetry is vivid imagination or bright conception.
प्रतिभा is defined by हेमचन्द्र as a genius which has the characteristic of creating new things. This then is the main cause of poetry. That learning and study merely enhance the power of genius will be proved later on.
According to HEAT the cause of poetry is: strar fágorar esta#189jaamoner i
काव्यज्ञशिक्षयाभ्यास (इति हेतुस्तदुद्भवे) ॥ काव्यप्रकाश १-३ The power of poetic genius, cleverness acquired by reading other poetic works and works on other subjects, and by a deep observation of things around and a practice of versifying under a competent person-- all these combined are the cause of poetry. Here it should be noted that siahl is considered by AFHT to be indispensable--it should be, of course, accompanied by other things. 79, on the other hand, says that sfahr is the only cause of poetry but says that gfaat is either the gift of God or of a great man, or it may be acquired by profound learning or by constant application.
भामह fully agrees with the advocates of प्रतिभा as being the sole cause of poetry; when he says:
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