Anandavardhana
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Anandavardhana (820–890) was the author of Dhvanyaloka, a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion". The philosopher Abhinavagupta wrote an important commentary on it.
Anandavardhana is credited with creating the dhvani theory. He wrote of dhvani (meaning sound, or resonance) in regard to the "soul of poetry."[1] "When the poet writes," said Anandavardhana, "he creates a resonant field of emotions." To understand the poetry, the reader or hearer must be on the same "wavelength." The method requires sensitivity on the parts of the writer and the reader.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Premnath, Devadasan; Foskett (Ed.), Mary; Kuan (Ed.), Kah-Jin (November 15, 2006), Ways of Being, Ways of Reading: Asian American Biblical Interpretation, Chalice Press, pp. 11, ISBN 978-0827242548
[edit] External links
- Bamzai, P. M. K. Kashmir - The Home of Sanskrit Language and Literature. Retrieved on November 15, 2008.
- The Dhvanyaloka of Anandavardhana with the Locana of Abhinavagupta
- revised GRETIL e-text of the Dhvanyāloka, based on the edition by K. Krishnamoorthy, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1982.
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