Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c87.15

v2.c87.15

⁸ A sketch of this work will be found in Kṣemendra's *Kavikaṇṭhābharaṇa* by J. Schönberg (Wien, 1884), pp. 9f. The five *saṃdhis* or sections of this work deal respectively with the following themes: (i) attainment of poetry by an unpoetical person (*akaveḥ kavitvāptiḥ*), (ii) instruction of the poet already gifted (*śikṣā prāpta-giraḥ kaveḥ*), (iii) the faults and excellences of poetry, (iv) familiarity which a poet should possess with other arts and sciences as a source of charm to his poetry (*paricaya-cārutva*).