Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s7.4

c10.s7.4

The poetic expression therefore has extraordinary quality which can be termed as *alaṁkāra* in a wider sense of the term. This extraordinariness in the poetic expression comes from (i) visualizing things in their real nature, (ii) describing them through extraordinary words and meanings, and (iii) expressing the emotions. Adjusting the concepts of Daṇḍin in a broad framework, Bhoja therefore defined three kinds of *ukti* (verbal expression) in poetry— *svabhāvokti*, *vakrokti* and *rasokti*. *Rasa* also forms a part of this broad framework of the extraordinary nature of poetry, i.e. *alaṁkāra*.