[Y-Indology] theory and practice in sanskrit and dravidian kavya

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Dear Philip,

I have as yet not read the said study ravijaya, but a close reading of Sanskrit

poetics would indicate that there has always been a gap between theory and

practice.In fact, the DoSaprakaraNa in many works on poetics itself is a

testimony of the perceptions of the theorists on actual practice.

An interesting passage in Anandavardhana's Dhvanyaloka refers to thefact that

figurative poetry[Citrakavya] is not even poetry proper. But Ananda confesses

that he has to recognise it as poetry in view of the fact that many established

poets write verses ignoring Rasa and dhvani!

Rajendran

 

 

Dr.C.Rajendran

Professor of Sanskrit

University of Calicut

Calicut University P.O

Kerala 673 635 Phone: 0494-2401144

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Chevayur, Calicut Kerala 673 017 Phone: 0495-2354 624

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

>

> I have been reading in David Smith's book on the Haravijaya about the

> ways in which the sanskrit literary critics' theories of rasa and dhvani

> were at variance with the practice of many poets. I had not seen this

> fact emphasized before and I wonder what other sanskritists have written

> about it.

 

This is not at all a "fact" but rather Smith's opinion, first stated in a

1982 article: "Classical Sanskrit Poetry and the Modern Reader" published

in *Contributions to South Asian Studies 2 (ed. Gopal Krishna, OU Press).

The place to look for variation in practice is in the realm of the figures

themselves, not in the generalized ideas of rasa and dhvani. Smith speaks

of his own interpretation as that of the 'true literary critic'.

 

For a recent critique see the introduction to the following:

Both, Leo.

Title: Hemacandras Kavyanusasana : Kapitel 1 und 2 : eine Einfhrung in

die Grundlagen des indischen Dramas und der indischen Poesie / Leo Both.

Publisher: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2003.

 

best,

Tim Cahill

[Guest guest]

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>"Timothy C. Cahill" <tccahill

>Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:46:16 -0600 (CST)

>Re: [Y-Indology] theory and practice in sanskrit and dravidian

kavya

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>For a recent critique see the introduction to the following:

>Both, Leo.

>Title: Hemacandras Kavyanusasana : Kapitel 1 und 2 : eine Einfhrung in

>die Grundlagen des indischen Dramas und der indischen Poesie / Leo Both.

>Publisher: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2003.

 

Thank you, Professor, for this recommendation- thanks in principle, I'm

afraid, since unfortunately I can't read german. Anything further, even

if less recent, in english or italian, would be very welcome to me. I am

glad too for the alternative perspective on Smith's book.

 

Phillip