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100			_aChandran, Mini
245			_aAn introduction to Indian aesthetics : _bHistory, theory and theoreticians / _cMini Chandran, Sreenath V.S.,
260			_aNew Delhi : _bBloomsbury, _c2021.
300			_a218 p.
505			_aTable of Contents Foreword by Professor Sheldon Pollock Preface 1 Indian Aesthetics: A Historical and Conceptual Overview 2 Rasa 3 Ala?kara 4 Riti, Guna, and Do?a 5 Dhvani 6 Vakrokti 7 Aucitya 8 Conclusion Appendix I: Genres of Sanskrit Literature Appendix II: Categories of Drama Suggested Readings About the Authors
520			_aThe thinkers and philosophers of ancient India contemplated intensively and extensively about all aspects related to life, and art was one of the major domains they touched upon. A profound and intense analysis of the art experience in literature naturally led to the evolution of one of the most sophisticated and long-standing poetic systems in the world. An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics: History, Theory, and Theoreticians offers a comprehensive historical and conceptual overview of all the major schools in Sanskrit poetics-one of the most sophisticated and long-standing traditions of literary criticism in the ancient world. The book, despite its primary focus on the major exponents of each school, also aims to give the reader a good idea as to how these concepts were treated before and after their major practitioners. An important part of Sanskrit poetics that often intimidates a modern reader is its seemingly difficult terminology. This book particularly addresses this issue by using contemporary idioms for readers who have no background of Sanskrit. It also aims to draw points of comparison, wherever relevant, between certain concepts in Sanskrit poetics and their western counterparts.
650			_aSanskrit poetry
700			_aSreenath, V.S.
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