Sanskrit Poetics: A Critical and Comparative Study

Abhinava accept action activity aesthetic affirms analysis Ananda artist aspect basic beauty becomes Bharata body called century character claim clarifies clear complete concept consciousness context created creation creative Criticism defined delight desire Dhvani distinction drama emotion evolution existence experience expression fact feeling figure function further Gita gives heart higher human idea imagination important Indian individual integration interpretation intuition Krishna language leads liberation living material matter meaning mind moral nature object organism perception play poem poet poetry possible practical present principle profound pure Rasa reach realised reality refers regarded relation relish revealed Sanskrit poetics says seeks seems sense sentiment significance situation soul sound spirit suggestion theory things thought tion tradition truth ultimate understanding universe vision Vritti Vyasa whole writer wrote