Author: Jha, Mangalpati
Title: An Exposition of the Citramimamsa : Up to the Figure Reminiscence
Description: Darbhanga, Mithila Institute, 1979. orig. cloth, dustwrapper.. xiv,403,(14)pp, 24x16cm, Binding corner bump.. Binding stains. Some binding pinholes. Rubbed. Just Good. ¶ Published in an edition of 500 copies. Study of a classic work on Sanskrit poetics authored by Appaya Diksita. Contents: Classification of belles- lettres; Definitions of Similis Propounded by the Predecessor of Appaya Diksita Criticised; Appaya Diksita's Definition of Similis & Its Critical Examination; Elaboration & Classification of Complete Similis; Classification of Elliptical Similis; A Succinct Classification of Similis & Its Criticism; A Critical Analysis of the Defects of Similis; The Definition of the Figure Reciprocal Simile set Forth by the Predecessor of Appaya Diksita Critically Examined; The Definition of Reciprocal Simile as Formulated & Illustrated by Appaya Diksita & Its Trenchant Criticism by the Author of the Rasagangadhara; Elucidation of the Figure Self- Comparison; Essential Features of the Figure Reminiscence Analysed & Reviewed.

Keywords: Sanskrit Philology, Literary Criticism, Ancient India, Literature, Citramimamsa, Appaya Diksita, Simile Similes, South Asia, Poetry Poetics