Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1157
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1157
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His poetic theory is "Ramaṇīyārthapratipādakaḥ Śabdaḥ Kāvyam". (Words which convey beautiful meanings constitute poetry). He vehemently opposed the dhvani vāda (suggestive words and phrases conveying more meanings produce rasa than they literally and apparently appear to carry). Citramīmāmsā- Khaṇḍana is another work of the Paṇḍitarāja. In this work another rhetorician named Appayadikṣita is strongly criticised. The allegoric poem, "Bhāminīvilāsam", is supposed to have been written by this great rhetorician based on the untimely death of his wife, Bhāminī. He has also written five other works, the five Laharīs [Gaṅgālaharī etc].