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