Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c85.29

v2.c85.29

⁶ Viśvanātha speaks of four *rītis* as follow : (i) *vaidarbhī* or sweet style (marked by letters indicative of *mādhurya*, and by short compounds or absence of compounds). (ii) *gauḍī* or bombastic style (marked by letters indicative of *ojas* and possessing a large number of compounds). (iii) *pāñcālī* (marked by letters other than those mentioned above and containing five or six compound words). (iv) *lāṭī* or the style intermediate between *vaidarbhī* and *pāñcālī*. This is only a variation on the conventional enumeration ; but strictly speaking, Mammaṭa is right in not considering the *rītis* separately, as they are comprehended by the three *vṛttis* or even by the three *guṇas* accepted by the