Guna or Poetic Merit: Daṇḍin and Udbhaṭa

Explore the theory of guṇa (poetic merit) as conceptualized by Daṇḍin and Udbhaṭa in this 18-minute lecture from NPTEL-NOC IITM. Building upon the previous lecture's introduction to Bharata and Bhāmaha's theories, discover how these two influential Sanskrit literary theorists developed and expanded the concept of poetic merit in classical Indian aesthetics.