[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923) › v2.c83.55 # Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c83.55 Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c83.55 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c83.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v2.c83.55) Thus the suggested sense, or the unexpressed has three different aspects; it may either be (1) a matter or an idea (\*vastu-dhvani\*), (2) a poetic figure (\*alaṃkāra-dhvani\*), or (3) a mood or feeling (\*rasa-dhvani\*). The first occurs when a distinct subject or thought (a matter of fact) is suggested; the second, where the suggested sense constitutes something imaginative (not a matter of fact) which, if expressed in so many words, would assume the form of a poetic figure; and the last, where a mood or feeling, which is directly inexpressible but which can be suggested, is the principal element. The dhvani-theory, therefore, comprehends three kinds of poetry which deal with the communcation of a fact (or a thought), or of an imaginative, or an emotional mood. Abhinavagupta points out²⁷ that this doctrine is not expressly taught in the kārikās, but is clear from Ānandavardhana’s treatment in his vṛtti²⁸. - [Previous: v2.c83.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v2.c83.54) - [Next: v2.c83.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v2.c83.56) - [Up: v2.c83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v2.c83) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v2.c83.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923.v2.c83.55) · Pramāṇa