Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c28.14

v1.c28.14

Mahimabhatta’s work which recognised the new concept of *dhvani*, but tried to explain it by the established process of *anumāna* (and not by the separate function of *vyañjanā* explained by Ānandavardhana), never found any recognition in the hands of later theorists, most of whom became partisans of the latter. Even his commentator does not appear to possess much sympathy for his somewhat extreme view, and Mahimabhatta is rather unique in having no followers in later literature.