Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.116

v2.c79.116

⁶⁴ The differentiation and multiplication of poetic figures with the growth of speculation is a familiar fact in Alaṃkāra literature; and it is not surprising that as the study advanced, the process of refining went on until a time came when the number became too unwieldy and the distinctions too fastidious; and then they had to be systematised in the light of some central principle. Such attempts were made from time to time, the earliest of which, as we shall see, was perhaps that of Vāmana.