Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c9: Abhinavagupta
Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v1.c9
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Abhinavagupta
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Although Abhinavagupta contented himself with the writing of commentaries in the field of Sanskrit Poetics, his works have almost the value of independent treatises for their profound erudition and critical acumen, and deserve a separate treatment. As his
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as an independent author who advocated a new system in common with other explanations of the *dhvani*-theory (p. 9, ed. Kāvyamālā).
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reputation in Poetics rests on his exposition of the *dhvani*-theory, it will be better to take him up in connexion with the Dhvanikāra and Ānandavardhana.