Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c69.3

v1.c69.3

These new theorists, headed by Ānandavardhana, maintain that no system of Poetics, like no system of Dramaturgy, can entirely ignore the moods, feelings and sentiments, as essential factors in poetry, and must therefore find an important place for *rasa* in its scheme. What was thus already established Mammaṭa was taken up in settling precisely the details of the new system, which was raised to almost exclusive recognition by the final text-book of Mammaṭa. Its success was so complete that the new concept of *dhvani* was unquestionably accepted by most later writers, and the systems which emerged after Mammaṭa could no longer be strictly regarded as entirely independent systems.