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It is an accepted fact that the Mahakavya tradition was nourished in the teachings of the Alamkara School. Even the earliest mahakavyas as those of Asvaghosa seem to have followed some of the ideas incorporated in the teachings ofthe alamkara theorists. The extent of the influence of the Alamkara School on later writers like Bharavi, Magha and Harsa needs no emphasis. Whatever poetic theories came to be in vogue, in actual practice, poets seem to have had the alamkara theory always in mind. Though the theory of alamkaras was the oldest in literary speculation, and was superseded by theories of rasa and dhvani, yet alamkara was a subject dealt with even by the writers of comparatively recent times. For example, Mammata and Visvanatha, though they were followers of the rasa-dhvani theory, even after the dhvani theory, have devoted considerable space to alamkaras. Even after the dhvani theory was universally accepted once and for all, books like Kuvalayananda of Appayya Diksita were written dealing solely with alamkaras. This would convey an idea of the extent of the influence that the Alamkara School exerted on poetry as well as on the theory of poetry. Bhamaha (circa 7th c. A.D), the author of Kavyalamkara, was the first exponent of this school whose work is extant. After him came Udbhata and Rudrata. Dandin who is accepted to be an adherent of guna-riti school by consensus of opinion, also devotes considerable space to the treatment of alamkaras, so much so that his importance as an authority on alamkara theory is of no mean magnitude. Many later theorists, if they were attempting to cover the feel of poetry comprehensively, always included a treatment of Alamkara also. To mention a few, one may cite Bhoja‟s Srngaraprakasa, Hemachandracharya‟s Kavyanusasana and Kesavamisra‟s Rasa and Alamkarasekhara along with Mammata‟s Kavyaprakasa and Visvanatha‟s Sahityadarpana already mentioned. Apart from these, many treatises have been compiled dealing exclusively with alamkaras, and one needs to mention only a few such as Alamkarasarvasva of Ruyyaka and Alamkarakaustubha of Visvesvara, in addition to Kuvalayananda of Appayya Diksita already mentioned. Bhatti (of Bhattikavya fame) who belongs to the 7th c. A.D. can also be reckoned as an exponent of the Alamkara School though he was a poet. Bhattikavya-the purpose of which was twofold, viz. to narrate a story in verse and to supply examples for the rules of grammar and poetics-had devoted considerable attention to the entire set of alamkaras in vogue at that time.  \nAlamkara Theory  \nThe meaning of the term „alamkara‟ underwent several changes within the course of time. At first it was a generic term for ordinary figures of speech and of sound such as upama, rupaka, yamaka etc, i.e. what we designate by the term „alamkara‟ today. Then at least by the time of Dandin, the term had acquired a more extensive meaning and had come to designate any factor that produces poetic beauty (kavyasobha) . Under this wide concept, everything that brought about poetic appeal (e.g. kavyagunas) could be introduced. Then in the next stage, Vamana uses the term synonymous, with entire beauty in poetry, i.e. Saundarya. This gave the term a still wider connotation. Along with this change of meaning, the theory of alamkara also developed. But, once again in later times, the term lost all its wider significance and  \ncame to mean a generic term for the two types of figures, viz. arthalamkaras and sabdalamkaras.  \nThe adherents of the Alamkara School thought of poetry as having a body (kavyasarira) which required ado","cbCaigwyaZu3jy3w","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigwyaZu3jy3w","pdf",347367,12,"English","# Objectives\n# Introduction\n# Alamkara Theory","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this material?\",\"answer\":\"It introduces students to the Alamkara School and explains the significance of alamkara theory in the history of Indian Poetics. It also familiarizes learners with different figures of speech in poetry discussed by Bhamaha.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the meaning of “alamkara” change over time?\",\"answer\":\"The term first referred to ordinary figures of speech and sound patterns. 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