Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c81.s1.20

v2.c81.s1.20

(iv) *mādhurya*, or elegance, consisting of alliteration of similar sounds (*śrutyanuprāsa* 8) and absence of vulgarity (*agrāmyatva*)⁹, respectively termed *vāg-rasa* and *vastu-rasa*. The name of the opposite of *mādhurya* is not given, but the opposite of *śrutyanuprāsa* is *varṇāvṛtti* (i 35) and that of *agrāmyatva* is *grāmyatva*, the latter rejected in both the *mārgas*.