The Kavyalankara of Vamana is the basic text of the school of Riti, in Indian Poetics. It is in this book that ‘Style’ received full treatment. As the title suggests the text is written in sutra style. It is one of the very important texts on Indian Poetics from the point of view of literary theory and Indian literary criticism. This text left remarkable impact on later writers on Sanskrit Poetics.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ganganath Jha
Dr. Ganganath Jha, an alumnus of Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, has been working as a faculty member in the department for the last 25 years. Dr. Jha has been contributing articles in reputed journals and edited volumes. A number of articles in Indonesian Quarterly (Jakart), Contemporary Southeast Asia, India Quarterly and Strategic Analysis are well appreciated. Some of his books, Foreign Policy of Thailand (1978), Southeast Asia (1988) are widely reviewed. He has widely traveled in Southeast Asia, Holland and China and writes on the subject from his personal experiences.
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