Kashmir school of poetics

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The Kashmir school of poetics is a major tradition of Sanskrit literary theory centered on aesthetic experience (rasa) and poetic suggestion (dhvani), developed by Kashmiri scholars such as Ānandavardhana and Abhinavagupta.

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instanceOf Sanskrit literary tradition
aesthetic theory tradition
school of literary theory
alsoKnownAs Kashmiri school of Sanskrit poetics NERFINISHED
associatedWithLanguage Sanskrit NERFINISHED
contrastsWith purely rhetorical schools of poetics
coreText Abhinavabhāratī NERFINISHED
Dhvanyāloka NERFINISHED
Kāvyaprakāśa NERFINISHED
Locana commentary on Dhvanyāloka
developedIn Kashmir NERFINISHED
medieval India
emphasizes implied meaning in poetry
reader’s aesthetic experience
unity of form and emotion
field Indian aesthetics
Sanskrit poetics
literary theory
focusesOn aesthetic experience
dhvani
poetic suggestion
rasa
hasKeyConcept aesthetic relish
dhvani theory
rasa theory
suggestion as the soul of poetry
historicalPeriod approximately 9th to 12th century CE
influenced Indian aesthetic thought
later Sanskrit poetics
influencedBy Bharata’s Nāṭyaśāstra NERFINISHED
earlier rasa theory
majorProponent Abhinavagupta NERFINISHED
Kṣemendra NERFINISHED
Mammata NERFINISHED
Ānandavardhana NERFINISHED
philosophicalBackground Indian epistemology and metaphysics
Kashmir Śaivism NERFINISHED
region Kashmir Valley NERFINISHED
studiedIn Indology
aesthetics
comparative literature
traditionWithin Indian poetics
Kashmiri intellectual history
viewOfMeaning suggested meaning as primary
viewOfPoetry poetry as vehicle of aesthetic rasa

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Dhvanyāloka tradition Kashmir school of poetics