Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c79.65

v2.c79.65

It will be noticed from this enumeration that in some cases it is difficult to see what Bharata means exactly by a particular *guṇa*, and that the classification is by no means exhaustive nor free from overlapping. On the other hand, most of the *guṇas* can be taken as approximating roughly to the individual *śabda-guṇas* and *artha-guṇas* elaborated by Vāmana and other later theorists. The development of the *guṇa*-doctrine is intimately connected with the central theory of the *rīti*-school and will be dealt with later ; but it may be pointed out here that although the definitions of the individual *guṇas*, as given by Bharata, do not correspond exactly to those of later writers, there can be no doubt that here we have for the first time a definite statement, if not a proper theoretic treatment, of the doctrine. The disagreement between different theorists with regard to the definitions of individual *guṇas* is a notorious fact in the history of Sanskrit Poetics, and one need not therefore be sur-