Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Think India
Author: History of Bihar
Author: Radhakrishna ChoudharyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bihar (India : Province)
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Dhvanyāloka of Ānandavardhana with the Locana of Abhinavagupta
Author: ĀnandavardhanaPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674202788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
For nearly a thousand years the brilliant analysis of aesthetic experience set forth in the Locana of Abhinavagupta, India's founding literary critic, has dominated traditional Indian theory on poetics and aesthetics. The Locana, presented here in English translation for the first time, is a commentary on the ninth-century Dhvanyaloka of Anandavardhana, which is itself the pivotal work in the history of Indian poetics. The Dhvanyaloka revolutionized Sanskrit literary theory by proposing that the main goal of good poetry is the evocation of a mood or "flavor" (rasa) and that this process can be explained only by recognizing a semantic power beyond denotation and metaphor, namely, the power of suggestion. On the basis of this analysis the Locana develops a theory of the psychology of aesthetic response. This edition is the first to make the two most influential works of traditional Sanskrit literary and aesthetic theory fully accessible to readers who want to know more about Sanskrit literature. The editorial annotations furnish the most complete exposition available of the history and content of these works. In addition, the verses presented as examples by both authors (offered here in verse translation) form an anthology of some of the finest Sanskrit and Prakrit poetry.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: A Critical Edition of the Mālatīmādhava
Author: BhavabhūtiPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This Is One Of The Three Surviving Plays Of The Sanskrit Dramatist Bhavabhuti Who Flourished In The Early Eighth Century A.D. Without Dustjacket. Two- Three Minor Pin Holes.