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poetry must be 'Kalakausala samprayukta'. That is to say
poetry should contain beauty and artistic skill.
86 The sixteenth Chapter is wholly devoted to the
discussion of 'Prahelik膩s' (riddles of conundrums). The
Visnudharmottara mentions twenty four Prahelik膩s. Some of
these are nothing but the Kavyadosas. The rest of the
Prahelik膩s are independent. In the Aavyadarsa, Dandin made
the same statement. He says that there are many Kavyadosas.
Some of them are good. The fourteen Prahelik膩s, made from
such Kavyadosas are discussed by Dandin. The Purana says
that a Prahelika should be expressed in not more than one or
two verses. The Purana especially states that the concealed
meaning of the Prahelik膩s should not be indecent or obscene.
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89 It seems that at the time of the compilation of the
Visnudharmottara, much attraction was felt for this type of
Kavya, The earlier rhetoricians discussed these Prahelik膩s.
Bhamaha says in his Kavyalankara that this type of literary
activity can only be understood with the help of commentaries.
It is a source of pleasure to the brilliant but that of
humiliation to the dull-witted.90
Out of the twenty-four Prahelikas of the Visnudhar
mottara, fifteen are practically the same as those of
Dandin's. There are also a few variations in the definitions
of some Prahelikas and some are added by the Purana. The
Prahelik盲s called Vandita (Vancita), Vikrantagopit膩