Anandavardhana
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| Books | Dhvanyaloka |
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| Job | Poet |
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| ID | 1279744 |
Anandavardhana Life story
Ānandavardhana was the author of Dhvanyāloka, or A Light on Suggestion, a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion". The philosopher Abhinavagupta wrote an important commentary on it, the Locana, or The Eye. Ānandavardhana is credited with creating the dhvani theory.