An Introduction to Indian Aesthetics
Subtitle: History, Theory, and Theoreticians
Contributors: V.S., Sreenath
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
Published: 2021
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789389165135; 9789389812138
Subjects: Sanskrit poetry; History and criticism; Sanskrit Hindu literature; Poésie sanscrite; Histoire et critique; Littérature hindoue sanscrite; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Literary Criticism; Asian; Indic; History; Asia; India & South Asia
Description: "The 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."--
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Half Title; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: Foreword by Professor Sheldon Pollock; title: Preface; title: 1 Indian Aesthetics: A Historical and Conceptual Overview; title: 2 Rasa; title: 3 Alaṅkāra; title: 4 Rīti, Guṇas, and Doṣas; title: 5 Dhvani; title: 6 Vakrokti; title: 7 Aucitya; title: 8 Conclusion; title: Appendix I: Genres of Sanskrit Literature; title: Appendix II: Categories of Drama; title: Suggested Readings; title: Index; title: About the Authors