________________ 13 Some of these quotations the author may have drawn through earlier works on poetics rather than from the original literary works. These works seem to be as follows: Kavyadarsa (pp. 138, 146) . Bhattendurajalocana ( p. 134) Abhinavaguptalocana (p. 133 ) ) Abhinavabharati (pp. 133, 134 ) Dasarupakavaloka (p. 142) Aucityavicaracarca (p. 139) Kavyanusasana (pp. 133, 136, 138 &c. ) Alankara' mahodadhi (0.5). Some of the verses cited in Kavyasiksa can now be traced only to to later, anthologies such as Kavindrasamuccaya, Saduktikarnamsta, Subhasitavali, Subhasitaratnabhandagara and Subhasitaratnakosa, which ascribe the verses to the following poets : : Vasundhara (p. 58) Subhanka (p. 142) Vakpatiraja (p. 136) Dhanika (p. 143) Vaiddoka (p. 137) - Adbhutapunya (p. 143) Kalasaka (p. 141) Kesata (p. 143). The subject of Kavyasiksas . . The science of poetics evolved in ancient India since long. It dealt with the definition of poetry, its basic grounds, its classification etc. Emphasis on the different characteristics of poetry gave rise to different schools of Indian poetics, such as the Rasa school, the Alankara school, the Riti school, the Vakrokti school and the Dhvani school. Several scholars contributed to the evolution of these schools; and most of the later scholars like Mammata tried to co-ordinate the different theories. As regards the contribution of Gujarat to the development of Sanskrit poetics," Kavyanusasana by Hemacandra, Kavya prakasa-samketa by Manikyacandra and Alarkara-mahodadhi by Narendraprabhasuri deserve special notice. Writers on Sanskrit Poetics held different views about the factors that constitute the basic grounds of Poetry. Some hold that poets are born and that the basic ground of poetry is Pratibha (Poetic Genius ) which is inborn. But some others contend that poets are as much born as made and that Pratibha, Vyutpatti (Proficiency attained by a study of the different branches of learning and a close observation of the world) and Abhyasa (Practice) together make a Poet. Some even main.
