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Vyaktivivekavicāra

The Vyaktivivekavicāra is a commentary by Ruyyaka on the Vyaktiviveka.
Approximate Date of Creation
1150 A.D.
Location
Kashmir
Author
Ruyyaka

Text Type

  • Commentary
    A type of text

References

  • Gaṇapatiśāstrī, T. (ed.) (1909), The Vyaktiviveka of Rājānaka Mahimabhatta and its commentary [Vyaktivivekavicāra] of Rājānaka Ruyyaka. Trivandrum: Printed at the Travancore Government Press.
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Texts

  • Vyaktiviveka
    The Vyaktiviveka is an important work in the Sanskrit poetics tradition (alaṃkāraśāstra). Its author is Mahimabhaṭṭa.

Authors

  • Ruyyaka
    Ruyyaka was from Kashmir. Ruyyaka also authored the Alaṅkārasarvasva and the Kāvyaprakāśasaṃketa (a commentary on the Kāvyaprakāśa). Ruyyaka was the teacher of Maṅkha (the author of the Śrīkaṇṭhaca...

Linguistic Traditions

  • Alaṃkāraśāstra
    The Alaṃkāraśāstra is the native tradition of Sanskrit poetics, rhetoric, and literary theory. It functions as a kind of grammar to the language of the kāvya literature (Bronne...
Cite this page:
Shen, Yiming (2021). 'Vyaktivivekavicāra'. . First published on 29 Jun 2021. Last updated on 30 Jun 2021.
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