A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.103
A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s2.103
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v3.c35.s2.103
In the 11th century Kṣemendra, another Kashmirian [and a disciple of Bhaṭṭagaṅgana and of Abhinavagupta (980-1020 A.D.) ], wrote an aesthetico-critical work Aucityālaṁkāra or Aucitya-vicāracarcā², that is to say “Critical Research on Proprieties in Poetry”, and a practical handbook for poets, the Kavikaṇṭhābharaṇa or “the Ornament for the Neck of the Poets”³. It is doubtful whether this is identical with his Kavikarṇikālaṅkāra, not yet found but referred to in his Aucitya⁴.