Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts鈥擬usic, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature鈥攆rom the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India.
Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas
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- 313 - fied in another manner viz. Pr膩tisvika and Sadharana. Sadh膩ra峁嘺 is again divided into Kriyabhramsa, K膩rakabhra峁僺a, Visandhi, Punarukta, and Vyastasambandhat膩. Thus the Agni Purana has given a description of the 70 various Kavyadosas, their varieties, and sub-varieties.
The Pur膩na also gives some instances of the blemishes in a
particular context which, turn into literary merits. For
instance, the blemish called Gudharthata is regarded as helpful
in the case of Raudra kasa, and the blemish Gramyatvan cannot
71 be a blemish in the speech of a vulgar person.
