Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c85.70

v2.c85.70

indeed numerous. No doubt, Hemacandra adds a chapter on Dramaturgy, chiefly compiled from Bharata and others, but the doctrines of *dhvani*, *rasa*, *guṇa*, *doṣa*, and *alaṃkāra* are closely and somewhat uncritically copied from Mammaṭa, supplemented, however, by excerpts, in the commentary, of other views on the subject. In trying to improve upon Mammaṭa's imperfect definition of poetry by substituting *sālaṃkārau ca* in the place of *analaṃkṛtī punaḥ kvāpi*, he lays himself open to greater technical objection, although he adds the gloss: *ca-kāro niralaṃkārayor api śabdārthayoḥ kvacit kāvyatva-sthāpanārthaḥ*.