Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c85.69

v2.c85.69

23 The eight chapters of Hemacandra’s *Kāvyānuśāsana* comprehend the following topies: I. The purpose (*proyojana*) of poetry, its causes (*hetu*), viz. *pratibhā* to which are added *vyutpatti* and *abhyāsa*; the definition of poetry; the nature of *śabda artha*; the denoted, indicated and suggested meanings. II. The *rasa* and it factors. III. The *doṣas* of *pada*, *vākya*, *artha* and *rasa*. IV. The *guṇas*, accepted as three after Mammaṭa, and the letters which produce them. v. Six figures of sound. vi. Twenty-nine figures of sense. VII. The *nāyaka* and *nāyikā*. VIII. Division of poetry into *prekṣya* and *śravya*, and their characteristics and subdivisions.