Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c85.75

v2.c85.75

The *Kāvyānuśāsana* of the younger Vāgbhaṭa is, unlike the *Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra* (which is written in the metrical form, generally in the *anuṣṭubh* with only one prose-passage at iii 14), composed in the *sūtra-and-vṛtti* style of Hemacandra's *Kāvyānuśāsana*. It is also divided into five chapters with topics as follow : (i) The *prayojana*, and the *hetu* (*pratibhā* aided by *vyutpatti* and *abhyāsa*) of *kāvya*; its division into *padya*, *gadya* and *miśra*; the clssification of poetical composition into *mahākāvya*, *ākhyāyikā*, *kathā*, *campū* and *rūpaka*. (ii) Sixteen *doṣas* of *pada*, fourteen of *vākya*, and fourteen of *artha*; the ten *guṇas* of Vāmana and Daṇḍin reduced to three, viz., *mādhurya*, *ojas* and *prasāda*; three *rītis*, viz., *vaidarbhī*, *gauḍīyā* and *pāñcālī*. (ii) Sixty-three figures of sense, in which some of Rudraṭa's old figures reappear. (iv) Six figures of sound, viz., *citra*, *śleṣa*, *anuprāsa*, *vakrokti*, *yamaka* and *punaruktavadābhāsa*. (v) Nine *rasas*; the topic of *nāyaka-nāyikā*; and the *doṣas* of *rasa*.