Indų Poetikos Raida: Bhamaha Ir Dandinas
The Indian Poetics: BHAMAHA and DANDIN

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the systematic teaching on alamkars (alam kāra – „embellishment“) which was developed in the early Indian poetics. In this teaching, the main problems of the Indian poetics were formed. The representatives of the school maintained that embellishments are the most important elements determining aesthetic value of every poetic art piece. First of all the article focuses on the teachings about poetic figures, universal caliber, imagination, and style of an author and on the components of his poetic piece, developed by Bhamaha, a founder of the school. Then it shifts to the conceptual analysis of the teaching on artistic imagination, poetic language, embellishments, style, the merits and demerits of poetic art piece by Dandin, an influential member of the school. On the basis of the analysis of the original texts by Bhamaha and Dandin, the problems of the early Indian poetics and the development of early Sanskrit poetics are exposed.

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