Kavirahasya, “The Secret of Poets”: Rājaśekhara’s View on Poetry
Kavirahasya, “The Secret of Poets”: Rājaśekhara’s View on Poetry
Author(s): Katarzyna PażuchaSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Rājaśekhara; Kāvyamīmāṃsā; Kavirahasya; alaṅkāraśāstra; kāvya; Sanskrit poetics; Kauṭilya; Vatsyāyana; Arthaśāstra; Kāmasūtra; śāstra.
Summary/Abstract: In the tenth century AD, a Sanskrit poet Rājaśekhara composed a peculiar text, the Kāvyamīmāṃsā, “Investigation in Poetry”. In this work he proposed a new, fresh approach to literature: kāvya as a sphere of life rather than mere theory of figuration, alaṅkāraśāstra. This paper will concentrate on the Kavirahasya, the first chapter of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā, describing a poet and his place in the world of literature.
Journal: Cracow Indological Studies
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 143-166
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
