Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.113

v2.c79.113

and to Nāmī-sādhu and Rājaśekhara, who also cite him, he was possibly nothing more than a name. From Bhāmaha’s references, however, it is not unreasonable to presume that Medhāvin was the first writer on Poetics who, at an early period, gave an exposition of two very important poetic figures like *upamā* and *utprekṣā*, the latter of which he might have himself invented ⁶³.