Kāvyādarśa
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Kāvyādarśa is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on poetics by Daṇḍin, renowned for systematically outlining the principles and ornaments of classical Indian literary aesthetics.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit treatise
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literary criticism text ⓘ work on poetics ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
classify poetic devices
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define good poetry ⓘ provide norms for composition ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration | Kavyadarsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Daṇḍin’s critical school ⓘ |
| author | Daṇḍin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | kāvya-śāstra tradition ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
India
NERFINISHED
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Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ other parts of South and Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | later rasa-centered poetics ⓘ |
| describes |
alaṅkāra (ornaments of poetry)
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doṣa (faults of style) ⓘ guṇa (merits of style) ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
formal features of poetry
ⓘ
ornamental aspects of style ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
aesthetic principles of kāvya
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figures of speech ⓘ poetic ornaments ⓘ rhetorical devices ⓘ theory of poetry ⓘ |
| genre | śāstra (theoretical treatise) ⓘ |
| hasCommentaries | multiple traditional commentaries ⓘ |
| hasForm | metrical Sanskrit prose and verse ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Sanskrit poetics
ⓘ
medieval Indian literary theory ⓘ |
| isRegardedAs |
foundational text of Sanskrit poetics
ⓘ
systematic exposition of kāvya theory ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| period | early medieval India ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | multiple chapters ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indology
ⓘ
Sanskrit studies ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| subject |
Sanskrit literature
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literary aesthetics ⓘ poetics ⓘ |
| titleInSanskrit | काव्यादर्श NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | classical Indian poetics ⓘ |
| usedAs | textbook for traditional Sanskrit education ⓘ |
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