Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c84.56

v2.c84.56

²¹ Mahimabhatta treats the question of *aucitya* (already dwelt upon in the *Dhvanyāloka*) in the second *vimarśa* of his work. He divides the subject of impropriety, which may be *śabda-viṣaya* and *artha-viṣaya*, into two heads according as it concerns the matter or form of poetry. The former, called *antaraṅga anaucitya*, consists in improper employment of the *vibhāvas* etc. in the manifestation of *rasa*. It has already been dealt with in the *Dhvanyāloka*. The formal impropriety, called *bahiraṅga anaucitya*, is chiefly concerned with the occurrence of five defects, viz., *vidheyavimarśa* (pp. 37-58), *prakrama-bheda* (pp. 58-66), *krama-bheda*