Anandavardhana

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Anandavardhana was a 9th-century Kashmiri literary theorist best known for formulating the influential dhvani (suggestion) theory of poetics, which reshaped classical Indian aesthetics.

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Ānandavardhana 4
Anandavardhana canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kashmiri scholar
Sanskrit poet
aesthetician
literary theorist
person
activeInCentury 9th century
associatedConcept alankara-dhvani (suggestion of figure of speech)
rasa-dhvani (suggestion of aesthetic emotion)
vastu-dhvani (suggestion of idea or theme)
vyanjana (mode of signification)
associatedWithSchool Kashmir school of poetics
countryOfActivity India
culturalContext Hindu intellectual tradition
developedConcept dhvani (poetic suggestion)
linked to: Dhvanyāloka

distinction between primary and secondary meaning in poetry
era classical Sanskrit period
field Indian aesthetics
Sanskrit poetics
literary theory
genreOfWriting poetic criticism
theoretical treatise
impact established suggestion as core principle of poetic meaning
reshaped classical Indian poetics
inDialogueWith earlier alamkara (figures-of-speech) theorists
earlier rasa theorists
influenced Abhinavagupta
Kashmiri Shaiva aesthetics
later Sanskrit poetics
influencedBy Bharata Muni’s rasa theory (indirectly)
earlier Sanskrit grammarians and philosophers of language
influencedDiscipline comparative literature studies on suggestion and implication
knownFor dhvani theory
theory of poetic suggestion
work Dhvanyaloka
linked to: Dhvanyāloka
languageOfWork Sanskrit
name Anandavardhana
notableWork Dhvanyaloka
linked to: Dhvanyāloka
philosophicalOrientation aesthetic realism of poetic meaning
placeOfActivity Kashmir
proposed classification of types of dhvani
region Kashmir Valley
subjectOf research in Indian aesthetics
studies in Sanskrit poetics
theoryCharacterizedBy centrality of rasa (aesthetic emotion) as realized through suggestion
primacy of suggested meaning over literal meaning in poetry
tradition Indian literary criticism

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Rasa theory of aesthetics laterElaboratedBy Anandavardhana
subject linked to: rasa theory of aesthetics
Dhvanyāloka author Ānandavardhana
linked to: Anandavardhana
Kashmir school of poetics majorProponent Ānandavardhana
linked to: Anandavardhana
Locana influencedBy Ānandavardhana
linked to: Anandavardhana
Alaṅkāraśāstra associatedWith Ānandavardhana
linked to: Anandavardhana
Anandavardhana name Anandavardhana