Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c85.74

v2.c85.74

the *Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra* are as follow : i. The definition of *kāvya*; *pratibhā* as the source of the *kāvya*, aided by *vyutpatti* and *abhyāsa*; the circumstances favourable to poetry and the conventions observed by poets. (ii) The language of poetry (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apabhraṃśa and Bhūta-bhāṣā); forms of poetry (metrical *chandonibaddha* and non-metrical); its divisions into *padya* (verse), *gadya* (prose) and *miśra* (mixed verse and prose); eight *doṣas* of *pada* and of *vākya* respectively, and the *doṣas* of *artha*. (iii) The ten *guṇas*. (iv) Four poetic figures of sound, viz., *citra*, *vakrokti*, *anuprāsa* and *yamaka*, and thirty-five figures of sense; the two *rītis* (*vaidarbhī* and *gauḍīyā*). (v) Nine *rasas*; kinds of *nāyaka* and *nāyikā* and kindred topics.