Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c81.s1.5

v2.c81.s1.5

With regard to the commonplaces of poetic speculation, Daṇḍin’s standpoint does not differ much from that of Bhāmaha; and both start with the same notion of embellishing sound and sense, which, in their opinion, should constitute the ‘body’ of poetry. The classification of poetry into species of composition like the *sarga-bandha* (*mahākāvya*) etc., is almost identical², the only remarkable divergence occurring.