Iks assignment
Name : Sarvaiya Prarthanaba S. Sub: IKS{English} Date:25/9/2025 Sem:sem-3 Year: s.y b.a. College: maharani shree nankuvarba mahila arts and commerce college Vakrokti Introduction Kuntaka is the originator of the Vakrokti school of Sanskrit literary theory. He came after Anand vardhan of the 9th century and before Abhinavagupta of the 10th century. His time was the time of high merit of Indian poetics. Dhananjaya and Rajashekhar were his contemporary theorists. The theorists who appeared in the time of Kuntaka contributed a lot to what is in different shape is considered as modern theories of literature and language. In this context, Ganesh Devy says that Vakrokti and the Alamkara are two Indian schools which are very close to two Western schools of thought, formalism and new criticism. , Kuntaka and Vakrokti-Jivitam Anjalika Mukhopadhyay informs in her Bangla translation of Kuntaka’s M that, the manuscript of Kuntaka’s Vakrokti-Jivitam was a...