Studies In Sanskrit Sahitya Shastra

Author(s): V M Kulkarni
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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- That poem, similar by 'foreign-city-entrance'-may be engage the thoughts of poets”-Even excellent poets adopt this mode. 1 8
Ayoni-artha is the matter which is not derived from the works of the former poets and is cntirely original. It is three fold : 1 Laukika 2 Alaukika and 3 Miśra.
The four kinds of 'artha' are further subdivided each into eight different classes. These thirty-two sub-divisions may be represented as follows:
18. 'And of these four the superiority is in ascending order'. -'Viveka' of Hemacandra.
Rājasekhara then defines five kinds of poets who compose poems on these and ‘ayoni-artha' respectively and are named,
1. Bhrämaka 2 Cumbaka 3 Karşaka 4 Drāvaka and 5 Cintamani.