Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c83.80

v2.c83.80

the point under discussion do not differ substantially from those of Mammaṭa. In Mammaṭa’s definition there is no direct mention of *vakyārthībhūta rasa* or of the *vyaṅgya* sense other than the *rasa* (which are there by implication), but the *guṇas* and *doṣas* are expressly mentioned. The explanation of these peculiarities of the definition must be sought in the historical development of these ideas in the earlier schools, and not in any attempt to invent an original definition. See below Ch. VII.