Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s7.3

c10.s7.3

Daṇḍin (around sixth century CE) and Vāmana (eighth century CE) accepted this broad view of *alaṁkāra* and included *rasa* as a part of *alaṁkāra*. What is *kāvya*? *Kāvya* created through *ukti* (verbal expression) but then this *ukti* is not an ordinary expression, it is *uktiviśeṣa* (an extraordinary expression). Therefore poetry is defined as *iṣṭārtha-vyavacchinnāpadāvalī* (a series of words qualified by meanings which are imbued with charm).