Glimpses of Indian Poetics

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Sahitya Akademi, 2002 - Poetics - 243 pages
The Book Presented In Clear And Lucid Expression And Style Is Studded With Authentic Quotations And Appropriate Illustrations. The Author Hopes That Through His Modest Attempt Some Of The Readers May Cultivate The Desire Of Studying Some Of The Original Texts On Poetics Written In Sanskrit Itself. The Book Containing 21 Essays, Would Furnish A Valuable Material On The Subject. The Essay ıA Survey Of Sanskrit (India) Poeticsı Provides The Readers A Wide Panorama Of The History Of The Subject Of About One And Half Millennium. The Essay ıThe Soul (Essence) Of Poetryı Deals With The Topic In Much Detail And Dhvani Has Been Designated As The Soul Of Poetry. The Essay ıThe Process Of Poetic Creationı Traces The Psyche Of The Poet About The Very Moments When He Actually Becomes Absorbed In Composing His Literary Piece Of Work. The Articles ıCauses Of Poetryı And ıOriginality And Plagiarismı Deal With The Creative Activity Of The Poets Of Different Calibre, And The EssayıActing, Actor And Spectatorı Denotes How And Upto What Extent The Spectator Is Influenced By The Acting Of The Actor Performing His Job On The Stage. The Other Essays, Connected With Various Alamkaras And Rasas, Highlight And Elucidate The Academic Issues Related With Them.

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Contents

A Survey of Sanskrit Indian Poetics
1
The Causes of Poetry
15
The Definition of Poetry
24
The Aim and Purpose of Poetry
31
The Soul Essence of Poetry
41
The Nature of Rasa Aesthetic Pleasure
63
Sadhāraṇīkaraṇa The Theory of Generalization
87
The Rasarāja
97
Preyān Associatic Rasa
147
A Poetic Flaw
154
Śleṣa Paronomasia Alakmkāra
161
Hetu Sükṣma Leśa
177
Rasavat and other allied Alamkāras
193
Perceptlike Experience in Bhavika Alarmkāra
205
The Process of Poetic Creation
215
Acting Actor and Spectator
225

their Nature of Aesthetic Pleasure
110
Raudra vs Vīra Rasa Furious vs Heroic
121
Adbhuta Marvellous Rasa vs Adbhuta Marvellous Element
130
Sānta Quietistic Rasa
136
Originality and Plagiarism
231
Index of Quotations
236
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