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Kuntaka

Sanskrit poetician and literary theorist

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Kuntaka was a poet.

Kuntaka was a Sanskrit poetician and literary theorist of who is remembered for his work Vakroktijīvitam in which he postulates the Vakrokti Siddhānta or theory of Oblique Expression, which he considers as the hallmark of all creative literature. He lived roughly 950–1050,

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Sanskrit poetician and literary theorist

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Kuntaka was a poet.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Kuntaka

· Wikidata: Q6445068

· DBpedia: Kuntaka

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