Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c80.6

v2.c80.6

³ The metaphorical expression *kāvya-śarīra* with its implied *kāvyātman* plays an important part in Sanskrit Poetics throughout its history. Its origin has been traced to the allegory of the Veda-puruṣa in *Ṛgveda* VI. 58. 3 (*catvāri śṛṅgā°*), and Rājaśekhara indulges in an analogous