Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c87.37

v2.c87.37

²¹ These are: śruti, smṛti, itihāsa, purāṇa, pramāṇa-vidyā, samaya-vidyā, rāja-siddhānta-trayī (artha-śāstra, nāṭya-śāstra and kāma-śāstra), loka, viracanā (=kavi-manīṣā-nirmitam kathā-tantram artha-mātram vā), and prakīrṇaka (miscellaneous, like hasti-śikṣā, ratna-parīkṣā, dhanur-veda etc.). In ch. x. he speaks of (i) kāvya-vidyās, viz., nāma-dhātu-pārāyaṇa (=grammar) abhidhāna-kośa (lexicon), chando-viciti (prosody) and alaṃkāra (poetics), (ii) 64 kalās, called upa-vidyās (accessory studies) and (iii) kāvya-mātaraḥ, viz., kavi-sannidhi, deśa-vārttā, vidagdha-vāda loka-yātrā, vidvad-goṣṭhī, and purātana-kavi-nibandha.