Kashmir school of poetics
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The Kashmir school of poetics is a major tradition of Sanskrit literary theory centered on aesthetic experience (rasa) and poetic suggestion (dhvani), developed by Kashmiri scholars such as Ānandavardhana and Abhinavagupta.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kashmir school of poetics canonical | 2 |
| Kashmiri school of Sanskrit poetics | 1 |
| Kashmiri Śaiva aesthetics | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kashmir school of poetics Context triple: [Dhvanyāloka, tradition, Kashmir school of poetics]
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Sangam literature
Sangam literature is an ancient body of classical Tamil poetry and prose, composed by numerous poets between roughly 300 BCE and 300 CE, renowned for its rich depictions of love, war, and society in early South India.
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Dakhni poets
Dakhni poets were literary figures who composed poetry in the Dakhni (Deccani) variety of Urdu, flourishing especially in the Deccan courts and contributing to the early development of Urdu literature.
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Vaishnava Padavali poetry
Vaishnava Padavali poetry is a devotional Bengali lyrical tradition centered on the love of Radha and Krishna, which played a key role in shaping medieval Bengali religious and literary culture.
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Tukaram’s abhangas
Tukaram’s abhangas are a celebrated corpus of devotional poetry in Marathi, expressing intense bhakti (devotion) to the god Vithoba and shaping the spiritual and literary heritage of Maharashtra.
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E.
Pancharatna Kritis
Pancharatna Kritis are a celebrated set of five masterful Carnatic music compositions that exemplify the devotional and musical genius of the composer Tyagaraja.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Kashmir school of poetics Target entity description: The Kashmir school of poetics is a major tradition of Sanskrit literary theory centered on aesthetic experience (rasa) and poetic suggestion (dhvani), developed by Kashmiri scholars such as Ānandavardhana and Abhinavagupta.
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A.
Sangam literature
Sangam literature is an ancient body of classical Tamil poetry and prose, composed by numerous poets between roughly 300 BCE and 300 CE, renowned for its rich depictions of love, war, and society in early South India.
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B.
Dakhni poets
Dakhni poets were literary figures who composed poetry in the Dakhni (Deccani) variety of Urdu, flourishing especially in the Deccan courts and contributing to the early development of Urdu literature.
-
C.
Vaishnava Padavali poetry
Vaishnava Padavali poetry is a devotional Bengali lyrical tradition centered on the love of Radha and Krishna, which played a key role in shaping medieval Bengali religious and literary culture.
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D.
Tukaram’s abhangas
Tukaram’s abhangas are a celebrated corpus of devotional poetry in Marathi, expressing intense bhakti (devotion) to the god Vithoba and shaping the spiritual and literary heritage of Maharashtra.
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E.
Pancharatna Kritis
Pancharatna Kritis are a celebrated set of five masterful Carnatic music compositions that exemplify the devotional and musical genius of the composer Tyagaraja.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit literary tradition
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aesthetic theory tradition ⓘ school of literary theory ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kashmiri school of Sanskrit poetics
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linked to:
Kashmir school of poetics
|
| associatedWithLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | purely rhetorical schools of poetics ⓘ |
| coreText |
Abhinavabhāratī
ⓘ
Dhvanyāloka ⓘ Kāvyaprakāśa ⓘ Locana commentary on Dhvanyāloka ⓘ |
| developedIn |
Kashmir
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medieval India ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
implied meaning in poetry
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reader’s aesthetic experience ⓘ unity of form and emotion ⓘ |
| field |
Indian aesthetics
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Sanskrit poetics ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
aesthetic experience
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dhvani ⓘ poetic suggestion ⓘ rasa ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
aesthetic relish
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dhvani theory ⓘ rasa theory ⓘ suggestion as the soul of poetry ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | approximately 9th to 12th century CE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian aesthetic thought
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later Sanskrit poetics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bharata’s Nāṭyaśāstra
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linked to:
Nāṭyaśāstra
earlier rasa theory ⓘ |
| majorProponent |
Abhinavagupta
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Kṣemendra ⓘ Mammata ⓘ Ānandavardhana ⓘ
linked to:
Anandavardhana
|
| philosophicalBackground |
Indian epistemology and metaphysics
ⓘ
Kashmir Śaivism ⓘ
linked to:
Kashmir Shaivism
|
| region | Kashmir Valley ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indology
ⓘ
aesthetics ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| traditionWithin |
Indian poetics
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Kashmiri intellectual history ⓘ |
| viewOfMeaning | suggested meaning as primary ⓘ |
| viewOfPoetry | poetry as vehicle of aesthetic rasa ⓘ |
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Subject: Kashmir school of poetics Description of subject: The Kashmir school of poetics is a major tradition of Sanskrit literary theory centered on aesthetic experience (rasa) and poetic suggestion (dhvani), developed by Kashmiri scholars such as Ānandavardhana and Abhinavagupta.
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Kashmir school of poetics
subject linked to:
Locana commentary by Abhinavagupta
linked to: Kashmir school of poetics