[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1321 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1321 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1321 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1321) ĀNANDAVARDHANA. A great critic of Sanskrit literature. He lived in the 9th century A.D. He expounded his theory of Dhvanivāda by 120 Kārikās. His own commentary of the Kārikās is the book called Dhvanyāloka. There are four parts for Dhvanyāloka and each part is called an Udyota. - [Previous: c4.1320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1320) - [Next: c4.1322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1322) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1321) · Pramāṇa