[We take great pleasure in commencing a series on Alaṅkāra-sudhānidhi, a Sanskrit treatise on Poetics authored by Sāyaṇācārya. The text is critically edited for...
2. The Author 2.1. Lineage, Teachers Sāyaṇācārya was the second son of a pious brāhmaṇa couple, Śrīmatī and Māyaṇa. He belonged to the Bhāradvāja-gotra, Bodh...
3. Nature of the Text, Authorship Problems In section 2.2 we have observed that Sāyaṇācārya stayed in Udayagiri and acted as the minister to Kampaṇa I and Saṅg...
Let us now examine some of the salient features of Poetics expounded by Alaṅkāra-sudhānidhi. 4.2. Poet and Poetry The Indian aesthetic tradition holds rasa as...
4.5. Dhvani As a devout follower of Ānandavardhana, Sāyaṇācārya accepts three śabda-vṛttis: abhidhā, lakṣaṇā and vyañjanā. He does not admit tātparya: तात्...
4.7. Illustrative Verses As we have observed previously, the illustrative verses composed by Bhoganātha are of inestimable value to understand Sāyaṇācārya’s pe...
4.7.4. Benevolence Sāyaṇācārya never turned away people who sought refuge in him. If a band of poets walked barefoot on gravel to seek his patronage, he would...