Indian Aesthetics/Poetics & Reading of Indian English Literature

This anthology has been designed to meet the needs of the Indian reader who has no access to original texts in Sanskrit or in modern Indian languages and to help him in his search for the basic principles of Indian Poetics. It comprises articles by scholars in the field of aesthetics and presents a critical appraisal of the main aspects of Indian Poetics. The genesis of the Indian aesthetic can be traced back to Bharatamuni’s Natyashastra where he propounded his theory of beauty (theory of rasa). This theory of rasa was later developed by the lovers of literature. The 7th century AD Sankuka Dandin produced the book Kavyadaras which came out with the philosophy that literature is good and can be enjoyed because it is meaningful. In the 8th century a prominent theoretician called Vamana wrote a book Kvayalankarasuthravrti. Vamana established his thesis very firmly regarding the theory that poetry is a spontaneous expression. He also believed that it is the particular way of expression that transforms a piece of utterance in a piece of literature.