“Mirror of Composition†–also has memorial verses as its text; and the rules are frequently illustrated by the same examples as those employed in the earlier work. Both works are held in high esteem; but that Viswanatha –the more recent and the more copious of the two-is generally admitted as the standard generally admitted as the standard of taste among the learned Hindus. Of life etymology of the term Sahitya two explanations are offered. According to ...