Role of poetry and poetics in ancient Indian literature

john grimes grimesj at PILOT.MSU.EDU
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Alok
This recently published list may help. It is not comlete but it is a start.
John

I am interested in articles/books on the role of poetry and poetics in
ancient Indian literature.  Any help would be appreciated.
Alok Kumar
Department of Physics
State University of New York
Oswego, NY 13126.

 SELECT INDIAN PUBLICATIONS ON SANSKRIT POETICS


1.      Bhattacharya, Bishnupada, 1921-
        New trends in Sanskrit poetics /  Bishnupada Bhattacharya.
        -- 1st ed. -- Dharwad : Prasaranga, Karnatak
        University, 1987.
        58 p. ; 22 cm.
        Includes passages in Sanskrit (roman)
        Collection of lectures delivered as 28th All India Oriental
        Conference memorial special lectures on 22nd, 23rd and
        25th October 1985 at Karnatak University.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        $1.00 (ubd.)    DK-55935

2.      Dandin, 7th cent.
        [Kavyadarsa. Sanskrit & Tibetan]
        Kavyadarsa = Snan dnags me lon : a bilingual edition of the
        monumental treatise on the principles of Sanskrit poetical
        composion [sic] / by Dandin (Dbyug-pa-can). -- Rewalsar,
        H.P. : Zigar Drukpa Kargyud Institute, 1985.
        xxiv, 286 p. ; 19 cm.
        In Sanskrit; translation in Tibetan; prefatory matter in
        English, Sanskrit and Tibetan.
        Title on added t.p.: Slob-dpon Dbyug-pa-can gyis mdzad pa'i
        snan nag me lon ma.
        Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta : University of
        Calcutta, 1939.
        Classical treatise on Sanskrit poetics.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit. 2. Sanskrit poetry--History and
        criticism.
        $16.70  DKS-1531

3.      De, Sushil Kumar, 1890-1968.
        Some problems of Sanskrit poetics / Sushil Kumar De. --
        1st ed. -- Calcutta : Firma KLM, 1959, 1981 printing.
        267 p. ; 23 cm.
        Includes passages in Sanskrit. Articles; most previously
        published.
        Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
        1. Poetics. 2. Sanskrit poetry--History and
        criticism.
        $4.20   DK-24289

4.      Dwivedi, Rewa Prasad, 1935-
        [Kavyalankarakarika. English & Sanskrit]
        Kavyalankarakarika : latest Sanskrit poetics / by Rewa
        Prasada Dwivedi. -- 1st ed. -- Varanasi : Chaukhamba
        Surbharati Prakashan, 1977.
        43, 278 p. ; 23 cm. -- (Chaukhamba Surabharati studies ; 1)
        Added t.p. in Sanskrit.
        Commentary in Sanskrit; introd. in English or Sanskrit.
        Includes bibliographical references and index.
        Verse work, with autocommentary, on the fundamental
        considerations of Sanskrit poetics.
        1. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism. 2. Poetics.
        $2.50   DK-14619

5.      Glimpses of ancient Indian poetics, from Bharata to
        Jagannatha / edited by Sudhakar Pandey, V.N. Jha. --
        1st ed. -- Delhi, India : Sri Satguru Publications, 1993.
        x, 216 p. ; 22 cm. -- (Shri Garib Dass oriental series ;
        no. 166).
        Includes quotations in Sanskrit.
        Papers presented at the National Seminar on Indian Poetics,
        held at University of Poona during 6-8 March 1986.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        ISBN 81-7030-360-5
        1. Poetics--Congresses.  2. Poetics, Sanskrit--Congresses.
        3. Poetics,  Indic--Congresses.
        $16.70  DK-79959

6.      Gupta, Savitri, 1946-
        Comparative and critical study of Ekavali : contribution
        of Vidyadhara to Sanskrit poetics / by Savitri Gupta ; with
        a foreword by Satya Vrat Shastri. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi,
        India : Eastern Book Linkers, 1992.
        xx, 316 p. ; 23 cm.
        Includes quotations in Sanskrit. Revision of the author's
        thesis (Ph. D.--University of Delhi, 1976) under the
        title: Contribution of Vidyadhara to Sanskrit poetics.
        Bibliography: p. [313]-316.
        ISBN 81-85133-57-3
        1. Vidyadhara. Ekavali. 2. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        3. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        $25.00  DK-76129

7.      Joshi, Natavarlal, 1942-
        Poetry, creativity, and aesthetic experience : [Sanskrit
        poetics and literary criticism] / Natavarlal Joshi ;
        foreword, V.M. Kulkarni. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi, India :
        Eastern Book Linkers, 1994.
        xvi, 251 p. ; 23 cm.
        Originally presented as the author's thesis
        (Ph. D.--University of Bombay, 1993) under the
        title: Poetic composition, its cause and purpose.
        Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-246).
        Includes index.
        ISBN 81-85133-94-8
        1. Poetics.  2. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        $20.80  DK-88277

8.      Kane, P. V. (Pandurang Vaman), 1880-1972.
        History of Sanskrit poetics / P.V. Kane. -- Delhi : Motilal
        Banarsidass Publishers, 1994.
        viii, 446 p. ; 23 cm.
        Originally published: 4th ed. 1971.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        Includes index.
        ISBN 81-208-0274-8
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit.  2. Sanskrit poetry--History and
        criticism.
        $15.80  DK-89275

9.      Karan, Anita, 1961-
        Pratiharendureja's contribution to Sanskrit poetics / Anita
        Karan. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi : Eastern Book Linkers, 1988.
        xiv, 68 p. ; 23 cm.
        Footnotes in English and Sanskrit.
        Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Delhi, 1985.
        Bibliography: p. [62]-65.
        Includes index.
        ISBN 81-85133-17-4
        1. Pratiharenduraja. 2. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        $4.60   DK-56966

10.     Kulkarni, V. M. (Vaman Mahadeo), 1917-
        More studies in Sanskrit sahitya-sastra / V.M. Kulkarni.
        -- 1st ed. -- Ahmedabad : Saraswati Pustak Bhandar, 1993.
        211 p. ; 25 cm. -- (Saraswati oriental series ; no. 6).
        Includes verses in Sanskrit; with English translation.
        Running title: More studies in sahityasastra.
        On Sanskrit poetics and aesthetics.
        Includes bibliographical references (p. 211).
        Includes index.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit.  2. Aesthetics, Sanskrit.
        3. Sanskrit literature.
        $20.80  DK-82912

11.     Lahiri, P.C. (Prakas Chandra), 1906-
        Concepts of riti and guna in Sanskrit poetics in
        their historical development / P.C. Lahiri. -- 1st
        Indian ed. -- Delhi : V.K. Pub. House, 1987.
        vii, 308 p. ; 23 cm.
        Includes verses in Sanskrit (roman). Reprint.
        Originally published: Dacca : Dacca University, 1937.
        (Dacca University bulletin ; 18). Thesis
        (Ph. D.)--Dacca University, 1934.
        Bibliography: p. [275]-279.
        Includes indexes.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit. 2. Sanskrit poetry--History and
        criticism. 3. Sanskrit language--Rhetoric.
        $8.30   DK-55883

12.     Misra, Prafulla Kumar, 1954-
        Sanskrit poetics : with contribution of Orissa / Prafulla
        Kumar Misra. -- Delhi : Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, 1988.
        xi, 352 p. : geneal. tables ; 22 cm.
        English and Sanskrit (roman)
        Running title: Sanskrit poetics : Orrisan contribution.
        Originally presented as the author's thesis
        (Ph. D.--Utkal University, 1983) under the title:
        Contribution of Orissan authors to Sanskrit poetics.
        Bibliography: p. 335-348.
        Includes index.
        "Errata": 2 p. tipped in.
        ISBN 81-217-0037-X
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit. 2. Poets, Sanskrit--India--Orissa.
        $16.70  DK-57269

13.     Mukherji, Ramaranjan, 1928-
        Literary criticism in ancient India / Ramaranjan Mukherji.
        -- 2nd ed. -- Calcutta, India : Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 1990.
        xiv, 573 p. ; 22 cm.
        Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-573).
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit.  2. Aesthetics, Sanskrit.
        3. Aesthetics, Comparative.
        4. Sanskrit literature--History and criticism.
        $25.00  DK-85610

14.     Nagendra, 1915-
        A dictionary of Sanskrit poetics / Nagendra. -- Delhi :
        B.R. Pub. Corp. ; New Delhi, 1987.
        207 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
        English and Sanskrit (Devanagari and roman)
        ISBN 81-7018-396-0
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit--Dictionaries--Sanskrit.
        2. Sanskrit language--Dictionaries--English.
        3. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        $10.40  DK-49364

15.     Panda, P. K. (Pradipta Kumar), 1959-
        Concept of dhvani in Sanskrit poetics : Indian theory
        of suggestion and principles of literary criticism, in
        the light of Anandavardhana's Dhvanyaloka and its
        commentator Madhusudan Misra's Avadhana commentary /
        P.K. Panda ; foreword by B.M. Chaturvedi. -- Delhi :
        Penman Publishers, 1988.
        xiv, 152 p. : geneal. table ; 22 cm.
        Bibliography: p. [139]-145.
        Includes index.
        1. Anandavardhana, 9th cent. Dhvanyaloka.
        2. Misra, Madhusudan, 1872-1944. Avadhana.
        3. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        $10.00  DK-57211

16.     Prakrit verses in Sanskrit works on poetics / edited by
        V.M. Kulkarni. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi : B.L. Institute of
        Indology, 1988-
          v. ; 25 cm. -- (B.L. series ; no. 6).
        English, Prakrit and Sanskrit.
        Includes corrections and additions and indexes.
        Contents: v. 1. Text : with Sanskrit cchaya,
        appendixes and indexes.
        Vol. 1 (602, 40, 129 p.) rec'd ; to be complete in 2 v.
        1. Prakrit poetry. 2. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        $13.30 (v. 1)   DK-65449

17.     Rajendran, C. (Chettiarthodi), 1952-
        A transcultural approach to Sanskrit poetics / C. Rajendran.
        -- [Calicut] : C. Rajendran, 1994.
        109 p. ; 22 cm.
        Includes bibliographical references (p. [100]-105).
        Includes index.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        2. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        $5.00 (ubd.)    DK-91398

18.     Sadhale, Nalini, 1934-
        Katha in Sanskrit poetics /  by Nalini Sadhale. --
        1st ed. -- Hyderabad, A. P., India : Sanskrit Academy,
        Osmania University, 1986.
        76 p. ; 22 cm. -- (Sanskrit Academy series ; 37).
        Includes Sanskrit text of Kathalakshanam; with English
        translation.
        Study on the various forms of the story in the theoretical
        works of Sanskrit and Prakrit literature.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        1. Poetics. 2. Sanskrit literature--History and criticism.
        3. Prakrit literature--History and criticism.
        $1.30   DK-70871

19.     Schelling, Andrew, 1953-
        Twilight speech : essays on Sanskrit and Buddhist poetics /
        Andrew Schelling. -- Calcutta : Punthi Pustak, 1993.
        151 p. ; 22 cm.
        Articles; Previously published.
        Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-151).
        ISBN 81-85094-64-0
        1. Poetics.  2. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        3. Buddhist poetry--History and criticism.
        4. Prakrit  poetry--History and criticism.
        $15.40  DK-85792

20.     Sharma, Brahmanand, 1923-
        [Rasalocana. English & Sanskrit]
        Reassessment of rasa theory = Rasalocanam / by Brahmanand
        Sharma ; with English translation by B.N. Sharma, author &
        Prabhakar Shastri. -- 1st ed. -- Jaipur : B.N. Sharma, 1985.
        57, 78 p. ; 22 cm.
        Text in Sanskrit;  translation and pref. in English.
        Added t.p. in Sanskrit.
        "Advanced research project approved by U.G.C."
        Treatise on the theory of sentiment (rasa) in Sanskrit poetics.
        1. Sentimentalism in literature. 2. Sanskrit poetry--History
        and criticism. 3. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        $5.00   DK-47414

21.      Shastri, Mool Chand, 1930-
        Buddhistic contribution to Sanskrit poetics / Mool Chand
        Shastri. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi : Parimal Publications, 1986.
        xii, 167 p. ; 22 cm.
        Includes quotations in Sanskrit.
        Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Delhi, 1972.
        Includes bibliographical references.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit. 2. Buddhist poetry, Sanskrit--History
        and criticism. 3. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        $8.30   DK-48143

22.     Siddhartha, Sundari.
        Post Mammata Sanskrit poetics : as reflected in
        Nanjarajayasobhusana / Sundari Siddhartha. -- Delhi :
        Publication Division, University of Delhi,  c1992.
        xv, 281 p. : map ; 22 cm.
        Originally presented as the author's thesis
        (Ph. D.--University of Delhi, 1987) under the title:
        A study of Nanjarajayasobhusana of Narasimha Kavi.
        Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-267).
        Includes index.
        ISBN 81-85695-01-6
        1. Narasinha Kavi, 18th cent. Nanjarajayasobhusana.
        2. Poetics, Sanskrit--Early works to 1800.
        3. Poetics--Early works to 1800.
        $15.00  DK-80675

23.     Sriramachandrudu, P. (Pullela), 1927-
        The contribution of Panditaraja Jagannatha to Sanskrit
        Poetics / P. Sri Ramachandrudu ; foreword by K.
        Krishnamoorthy. -- 1st ed. -- Delhi : Nirajana
        Publishers & Book Sellers, 1983.
        2 v. (xv, iv, 581 p.) ; 22 cm.
        Includes quotations in Sanskrit.
        Thesis (Ph.D.)--Osmania University, 1968.
        Bibliography: p. 566-576.
        Includes glossary and index.
        1. Jagannatha Panditaraja, 17th cent. 2. Poetics.
        3. Sanskrit Poetry--History and criticism.
        $25.00 per set. DK-34762

24.     Swaroop, Sharda, 1925-
        The role of dhvani in Sanskrit poetics / Sharda Swaroop ;
        foreword by P.L. Vaidya. -- Moradabad : Onkar Swaroop, [1984]
        333 p. ; 23 cm.
        Includes quotations in Sanskrit.
        Thesis (Ph. D.)--Banaras Hindu University, 1958.
        "Textual authority indicated by foot-notes": p. 293-322
        (in Sanskrit).
        Bibliography: p. [323]-326.
        Includes errata and index.
        1. Poetics, Sanskrit. 2. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        3. Rhythm. 4. Sound.
        $6.70   DK-45071

25.     Visvanatha Kaviraja, 14th cent.
        [Sahityadarpana. English].
        The sahitya-darpana, or, Mirror of composition of
        Visvanatha : a treatise on poetical criticism / translated
        by J.R. Ballantyne and Pramada Dasa Mitra. -- Delhi :
        Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1994.
        xvii, 444 p. ; 23 cm.
        Translated from Sanskrit.
        Includes passages in Sanskrit.
        Caption title: The mirror of composition.
        Originally published: The mirror of composition, a treatise
        on poetical criticism. Calcutta : Printed by C.B. Lewis, 1875.
        ISBN 81-208-1145-3
        1. Poetics.  2. Poetics, Sanskrit.
        3. Sanskrit poetry--History and criticism.
        $29.20  DK-97058





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