Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c84.28

v2.c84.28

¹² The word *vidagdha* is used in opposition to the word *vidvat* to signify a man versed in belles-lettres as distinguished from a scholar; and the *Dhvanyāloka* often speaks of an appeal to *vidagdha-vidvat-pariṣat* (pp. 201, 239). Avantisundarī is cited in *Kāvyamīmāṃsā* p. 46 as saying *vidagdha-bhaṇiti-bhaṅgī-nivedyaṃ vastuno rūpaṃ na niyata-svabhāvam*. The *vaicitrya* is discussed by Ānandavardhana at p. 243, in which connexion he uses the term *bhaṇiti-kṛtam vaicitrya-mātram*. Abhinava speaks of infinite variety of *upamā-vicchitti* (*upamā-vicchitti-prakārāṇām asaṅkhyatvāt*, p. 5 *Locana*), and uses it also synonymously with *cārutva* (p. 8). It would appear from the verse quoted by Ānandavardhana at p. 130, the word *vicchitti*, used in this sense in poetic theories, is applied analogically from the same word used to signify a certain feminine charm or elegance derived from carelessness in dress and decoration (Bharata xxii 16). See on this point Haricand Śāstrī, *L'art Poétique de l'Inde* pp. 64-65. The word *bhaṅgī* in the sense of a turn of expression is used in *Dhva*° pp. 139, 241. Etymologically it appears to have the same meaning as *vicchitti*.