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Vyaktiviveka

The Vyaktiviveka is an important work in the Sanskrit poetics tradition (alaṃkāraśāstra). Its author is Mahimabhaṭṭa.
Approximate Date of Creation
1050 A.D.
Location
Kashmir
Author
Mahimabhaṭṭa

Text Type

  • Treatise
    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.
    Book

Linguistic Notions

  • Relative clauses
    1. Introduction Research on relative clauses in modern Western linguistics includes both more descriptive/typological angles such as distinguishing the different semantic and syntactic...

Texts

  • Vyaktivivekavicāra
    The Vyaktivivekavicāra is a commentary by Ruyyaka on the Vyaktiviveka.

Authors

  • Mahimabhaṭṭa
    Mahimabhaṭṭa was from Kashmir.

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). 'Vyaktiviveka'. . First published on 29 Jun 2021. Last updated on 30 Jun 2021.
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