Short note: Alamkara, Dhavani, Riti, Vakrokti and Auchitya school Prepared by :MinkalItaliya M.A English semester : 2 Batch : 2018-20 Enrollment No : 2069108420190020 Roll no: 19 Email id : italiyaminkal@gmail.com Submitted to : Smt. S. B Gardi, Department of English, MKBU Paper no-7 : Literary Theory and Criticism – 2oth Century western & Indian Poetics Introduction It is customary to begin the history of Indian Poetics with Natyashastra. Out of its thirty six chapters, two chapters deal with Rasa-bhava and Alamkara-guna. By and large the text relates to dramaturgy in its practical applications. The aspects of Poetics that appear in text are not directly related to Kavya. In Natyshastra the nature of poetry as outlined in it is incidental to the discussion on Drama and it does not have an independent status. Bharat’s Natysastra is the earliest ...