Highways and Byways of Literary Criticism in Sanskrit

Mano Mohan Ghosh

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Highways and Byways of Literary Criticism in Sanskrit

By Mano Mohan Ghosh

Vol. 25 · No. 2June - 1949pp. 144English

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This review summarises Kuppuswami Sastri’s lectures on Sanskrit literary criticism titled “Highways and Byways.” Sastri highlights that ancient Indian critics were not rigidly dogmatic; they embraced multiple theories of poetic effect and aesthetic pleasure, many of which resemble modern ideas. He encourages scholars to explore neglected treatises and appreciate the diversity of Indian poetics. The review praises the booklet for bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary critical thought and for inviting further research into the history of Sanskrit aesthetics.

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The review notes that Sastri portrays Sanskrit literary criticism as flexible and proto‑modern. His lectures encourage deeper study of Indian poetics and highlight parallels between ancient and modern aesthetic theories.

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“Though discussions on the ancient Indian literary criticism 15 available in the writings of many scholars, yet it cannot be said that the subject has been treated anywhere with the attention 314 care it deserves.”
“In course of the four lectures which he delivered 10 the Instituce founded in his honour the late K. Sastri has very. ably shown that the ૦૯૬5 as well as critics of the ancient India were not dogmatic in their outlook and some of દાલ views on घाट art and literature have remarkable similarity to that of the moderns.”
“It may be unhcsitat.ingly said that these essays will greacly contribute towards a mutual understanding of the East and the West which 15 50 very badly needed at this critical period of the world's history.”

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Highways and Byways of Literary Criticism in Sanskrit by S. Kuppuswami Sastri, Madras, 1945, D/C
The Religious Basis of the Forms of Indian Society, Indian Culture and English Influence, East & West by A. K. Coomaraswamy, New York, 1946. Royal octv. 51 pp.

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