Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c80.70

v2.c80.70

³¹ The number in Udbhaṭa is 41, in Rudraṭa 68 (excluding sub-varieties). The sixteen chapters in Rudraṭa deal with the following subjects : (I) the purpose and object of poetry, the qualifications of a poet etc. (II) the four *rīti's* (*pāñcālī* *lāṭīyā*, *gauḍīyā* and *vaidarbhī*), the six *bhāṣās* (Prākṛit, Sanskrit, Māgadha, Piśāca, Surasenī, Apabhraṃśa), and the five *alaṃkāras* of *śabda*. (III) *yamaka*. (IV) *śleṣa*. (V) *citra* (VI) *śabda-doṣas*, including *doṣas* of *pada* and *vākya*. (VII) four bases of *arthālaṃkāra* (*vāstava*, *aupamya*, *atiśaya* and *śleṣa*), and the figures based on *vāstava*. (VIII) figures based on *aupamya*. (IX) figures based on *atiśaya*. (X) figures based on *śleṣa* (XI) *doṣas* of *artha*, including *upamā-doṣas*. (XII) ten *rasas*, and treatment of *śṛṅgāra*. (XIII) *sambhoga-śṛṅgāra* etc. (XIV) *vipralambha-śṛṅgāra*, and the *upāyas*. (XV) characteristics of other *rasas*. (XVI) kinds of poetic compositions and their characteristics.