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Write a note on Anandvardhan. Contribution to indian poetics for long answer

Answer 1

Ānandavardhana is credited with creating the dhvani theory. He wrote of dhvani (meaning sound, or resonance) in regard to the "soul of poetry."When the poet writes," said Ānandavardhana, "he creates a resonant field of emotions." To understand the poetry, the reader or hearer must be on the same "wavelength." The method requires sensitivity on the parts of the writer and the reader.The complete Dhvanyāloka together with Abhinavagupta's commentary on it has been translated into English by the eminent sanskritist Daniel H.H.