Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c81.s1.89

v2.c81.s1.89

Abhinavagupta, however, thinks (p. 6, l. 12) that the three *rītis* of Vāmana, which, in his opinion, characterise an elevated, soft and middling theme respectively through a peculiar combination of the *guṇas*, have, together with Udbhaṭa's *vṛttis*, no separate existence from *guṇas* and *alaṃkāras*. Attention, therefore, was naturally directed to the *guṇas* and *alaṃkāras* more than to the *rīti* itself, of which they formed, in Vāmana's opinion, the constituent elements; and the *rīti*, if recognised at all, was