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Dhvanyaloka of Anandavardhana Binding:Hardbound economic and political dimensions ofAnandavardhana, the premier poet, critic and philosopher of Kashmir (9th century A. D.) is the doyen of Indian aestheticians. His magnum opus is the Dhvanyaloka or Light of Poetic Suggestion which combines the most perceptive explanation of rasa, or poetic essence vis _ vis other concepts, with a most searching and illumina ting analysis of best examples drawn from all genres of Sanskrit literature. The present critical edition endea vours to give as