INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dhvanyaloka is one of the most respected texts in the field of Sahityashastra (Sanskrit Poetics). Here, Anandavardhana expounds the theory of “Dhvani” as the key to all rasaanubhava, and establishes Dhvani as the aatmaa of kaavya. Dhvanyaloka comprises of 4 uddyotas.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the theory of Dhvani, we see a change from literary excellence or poetic figure to the inner content of poetry in the history of Indian literary theories. And that inner content or implicit meaning is regarded to be the soul of poetry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Defining dhvani Anandavardhana writes : That kind of poetry, wherein the (conventional) meaning renders itself secondary or the (conventional) word renders its meaning secondary and suggests the intended implied meaning, is designated by the learned as DHVANI or ‘Suggestive Poetry’.