Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c82.s1.63

v2.c82.s1.63

If we may judge from the somewhat elaborate criticism levelled against Bhaṭṭa Nāyaka’s theory, it seems to have produced a greater impression than earlier theories, and paved the way, no doubt, for the later theory of Abhinavagupta to whom belongs the credit of explaining the new aesthetic system of the Dhvanikāra and Ānandavardhana.