A Critical Study of Vamana\'s Kavyalankarasutrani

Contents: Preface. 1. Vamana: his importance and date. 3. Vamana\'s doctrine of poetic beauty. 5. Purposes of poetry. 6. Trainee poets. 8. Utility of a dictionary to a poet. 9. Poetry and the sciences of fine arts. 10. The sentiment of love dominates literature. 11. Familiarity with the compositions of others. 12. Attending to experts at composing poetry. 13. Process of creative writing. 14. Genius. 15. Concentration of mind. 16. Unconnected and connected literary compositions. 17. Drama in ten varieties is the best among the connected literary compositions. 18. Poetic faults. 19. Poetic qualities. 20. Importance of experience in literary appreciation. 21. Gradation of literary compositions. 22. Figures of speech. 23. Poetry is a practical art. 24. Grammar and literary language. 25. Questions, doubts and contentious issues. 26. Conclusions. Appendix: Vamana\'s scholarship. Index. Bibliography. (Three articles are in Hindi).