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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Statements (46)

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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ