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OPINIONS OF RAJASEKHAR AS A CRITIC.
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Dakşanátya and the Vștti is Kaisiki; Avanti being midway between Pañcāla and the South has Avanti Pravștti and both Sātvati and Kaibiki Vșttis.
In the East Kavyapurusa gave a cold response to the advances of Sahityavidyavadhu and the manner he expressed himself has been called the Gaudi Riti, In Pancāla he gave a temperate and formal response and the manner he adopted to express himself is the Pancali Rīti. In the South he was enamoured of Sahityavidyāvadhū and gave a warm and cordial response. The manner of speech he adopted here has been called the Vaidarbhi Riti.
Distinctive features of the Rītis are that the Gaudi abounds in series of compound phrases and alliteration that smacks of contrivance the Pancāli has small compounds, a few alliterations, and indirect and figurative expressions.Vaidarbhi is distinguished from the rest by the simplicity of its diction and its subdued use of alliterations. 2
Other distinctive features of the Rītis allegorically suggested are that the Gaudi is purely artificial, it is bound to be so, for it has little touch with the grace and charm of life; but Vaidarbhi, being thoroughly saturated with life, is most natural and Pancalı stands midway.
That the general feature of Gaudi is laboriously worked out artificiality and that of Vaidarbhi is naturalness is also apparent froin Dapdin's comparative treatment of the two. The first is hollow in content; it is all verbal mansion, presumably for the slackness of bond with life; but the latter is brimful of content, for it has a grip on life, and precise expression is its main concern."
As to the number of the Rītis Rudrața had added one more to the above three, viz. Laţi. Rajasekhara seems to reject it. In KM besides Vaidarbhi (Vacchomi) and Pancalı, he speaks of Magadhi Riti. Very probably it is synonymous with Gaudí, though, later, Bhoja establishes it as a separate type. In his Balar. Rajasekhara also names Maithili Riti and the characteristics he gives would not permit it to coincide with Gaudí. However he seems to have laid aside this new type for in Kavyam there is no mention of it.
There is controversy about classification of poetry according to Ritis and recognition of the particular regions of the country as factors
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34917 cf. Ag. I FOTIATTRT-alliteration in which the place of articulation of the sounds is taken into consideration. KA I (40-100)
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