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आनन्दवर्धन (Anandavardhana)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
आ-नन्द—वर्धन
mfn.
 enhancing enjoyment,
R.
आ-नन्द—वर्धन
m.
N.
 of a poet,
Rājat.
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
आनन्दवर्धन lived ander Avantivarman (‘854--883’). Rājat.
V, 34:
Arjunacarita.
Dīnākrandanastotra?. Report IX.
Devīśataka. Sbhv. preface p. 114.
Dhvanyāloka or Sahṛdayāloka. Quoted by Kṣe-
mendra in Aucityavicāracarcā 1, 18.
Viṣamabāṇalīlā.
आनन्दवर्धन son of Nona:
Dharmottamā Viniścayaṭīkā.
पुराणम्
English
आनन्दवर्धन / ĀNANDAVARDHANA. A great critic of Sanskrit literature. He lived in the 9th century A.D. He expounded his theory of Dhvanivāda by 120 Kārikās. His own commentary of the Kārikās is the book called Dhvanyāloka. There are four parts for Dhvanyāloka and each part is called an Udyota.
There is a belief among a few that the Kārikās were written by another scholar, Sahṛdaya, and that ānandavardhana had written only a commentary on it. He was a member of the royal council of Avantivarmā who ruled Kashmīr during the period 854-884 A.D. It is believed that he wrote Dhvanyāloka in 850 A.D. Many commentaries have been written of Dhvanyāloka of which the one written by Abhinavagupta is considered to be the best.