Thinking Activity on Indian Poetics

This Blog-post is a response of thinking activity on Indian Poetics given by our professor Dr.Dilip Barad Sir.To know more about this task, CLICK HERE.

Every year Dr.Vinod Joshi Sir come to our department. We had seven days expert lectures by Vinod Sir. I also share my experience in my FB post. Here I give the link, you can also visit my Face Book post, to see CLICK HERE.

• Indian Poetics(ભારતીય સાહિત્ય મીમાંસા): 

મીમાંસા which means Criticism. We studied Western Criticism, but after gained information about what is Indian Poetics from Vinod Sir, we come to know that Indian Poetics always try to look into PROCESS rather than result, while Western criticism try to look into RESULT.This process presents the aesthetic flavor from the work, there are many communities, like Rasa, Dhvani, Vakrokti, Ritit, Auchitya etc.  

• Rasa: Something that beyond our Capacity.
• Dhvani: Made by Abhidha(direct meaning), Lakshna(Secondary meaning) and Vyanjana(direct meaning+secondary meaning, allegorical.)
• Auchitya: Reasonable 
• Vakrokti: Irony 
• Alamkara: Figurative Language in poetry 
• Riti: Style (soul of poetry)

Community	Father of the Community	Source by the Father
Rasa	Bharat Muni	Natyashastra
Dhvani	Aanadvardhana	Kavyashastra
Vakrokti	Kuntak	Vakrokti Jivit
Alamkara	Bhamaha	Kavyalankar
Auchitya	Kshemendra	AuchutiyaVicharCharcha
Riti	Acharya Vamana	Kavyalankara Sutra