TY - BOOK AU - Raman kumar sharma TI - Kavyalankar of Bhama SN - 9788186700811 U1 - 891.2209 R1414 K PY - 2015/// CY - Delhi PB - Vidyanidhi prakashan KW - Sanskrit poetry KW - Sanskrit language--Rhetoric N1 - Bhamaha (Sanskrit: भामह, Bhāmaha) (c. 7th century[1]) was a Sanskrit poetician, apparently from Kashmir[2][3][4][5] believed to be contemporaneous with Daṇḍin. He is noted for writing a work called Kavyalankara (Sanskrit: काव्यालङ्कार, Kāvyālaṅkāra) ("The ornaments of poetry"). For centuries, he was known only by reputation, until manuscripts of the Kāvyālaṃkāra came to the attention of scholars in the early 1900s. Bhamaha's Kāvyālaṃkāra is divided into six paricchedas (chapters).[1] It comprises 398 verses, including two verses at the end of the sixth chapter, which briefly describe the number of verses on each of the five topics.[7] In the first verse, Bhamaha mentioned his work as Kavyalankara.[11] The first chapter comprises 69 verses. After the invocation of Sarva, it defines kavya and describes the qualifications of a good poet. It also narrates various genres and styles of poems, which include Vaidarbhi and Gaudi; Sanketakshara suchi Bhumika Vishayavastu ER -