Topic : Structure Analysis of Dhvani school by AnandavardhanaName: Patel KinjalPaper Name: Literary Theory and CriticismPaper No: 7Roll No: 16Submitted to: M.K. Bhavnagar University

Definition of Dhvani• A , category of medieval

Indian poetics, according to which the artistic enjoyment from literary works is achieved not by the images that are created by the direct meaning of the words but by the associations and ideas that are evoked by these images like.

Dhvani

Vachya(the

stated)

Pratyamana(the

implied)

Introduction

• The Rasa theory in importance, the dhvani theory of Anandavardhana, considers suggestion, the indirectly evoked meaning, as the characteristics property of literary discourses, the determinant that separates it form other rational discourse.

Dhvanyaloka

Aesthetic effect

(rasa) The figural mode and devices

(alamkara) Stylistic values

(riti) Excellences and defects

(guna-dosa)

Dhvani as kavyasya atma

• In Todorov’s

views,

Anandavardhana

“was perhaps the

greatest of all

theorists of textual

symbolism”

• Anandavardhana uses term dhvani to designate the universe of suggestion- kavyasya atma dhvani.

Dhvani

VyanjanaSphota

Dhvani denotes

• The sound structure of words (sabda)

• The semantic aspects of sabda, the vyanjakas or suggesters

• “the revealed or suggested meaning as such and the process of suggestion involved”

What is Dhvani?

• Dhvani theory is a theory of meaning, of symbolism, and this principle leads to the poetry of suggestion being accepted as the highest kind of poetry.

Anandavardhana’s three leveled meaning

abhidha

• 1laksana

• 2vyanjana

• 3

• Rgveda also makes a distinction between the literal meaning and inter significance- “He sees, but sees not… one hears, but hears not.”

Dhvani as a method

• Dhvani is the method, the means for achieving or evoking rasa, which is the effect of suggestion.

Views of opponents

• Dhvani is nonexistent.• Dhvani is a product of

inference and is to be included under laksana.

• dhvani is something beyond the realm of words.

• Mahimabhatta (vyaktiviveka) is the most well-known critic of this theory.

Intonation

• The intonation adds a layer of suggested meaning to the directly expressed meaning of an utterance.

DhvaniAvivaksit

a vacya Vivaksitanyapara vacya

Samlaksayakrama vyangya Asamlaksayakrama vyangya

Samlaksayakrama vyangya

Vastu Dhvani

Alamkara Dhvani

Vastu dhvani

Kavipraudha uktimatra

siddha

Svatasambhavi

Alamkara dhvani

Sabdasakti mula

Arthasakti mula

Ubhayasakti mula