[INDOLOGY] Book announcement: Mirror of Ornaments (Alaṅkāradappaṇō)

[Andrew Ollett]

Dear colleagues,

I am happy to announce the publication of a critical (and diplomatic)
edition, translation, and study of the only surviving work of poetics in
Prakrit, the *Alaṅkāradappaṇō*, published by UniorPress (part of its *Series
Minor*):

*The Mirror of Ornaments (Alaṅkāradappaṇō): A Prakrit Work of Poetics*
http://www.fedoabooks.unina.it/index.php/fedoapress/catalog/book/616

The book is open access and freely downloadable. I argue that this work (or
one very similar to it) was one of the sources utilized by Bhāmaha in his
*Kāvyālaṅkāra*, usually considered one of the earliest works of poetics
properly speaking, and I will be interested to hear what the *vihuaaṇa* (=
*vibudhajana*) think about it.

I also take this opportunity to thank the series editor, Francesco Sferra,
and several colleagues who helped to make the book much better than it
would otherwise have been (including Yigal Bronner and Csaba Dezső).

Andrew
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