Kavyadosha, Kāvyadoṣa, Kavya-dosha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Kāvyadoṣa can be transliterated into English as Kavyadosa or Kavyadosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Kāvyadoṣa (काव्यदोष) or simply Doṣa refers to “poetic defects”.—The alaṅkāras discussed in the preceding pages are desirable attributes of a kāvya, whereas the doṣas are undesirable elements. In other words, they are the opposites of the guṇālaṅkāras. Consequently, if to accomplish alaṅkāras was an important activity, to avoid doṣas is an equally important duty of the poet. That is to say, the avoidance of doṣas is also, in a way, a means of achieving poetic beauty. [...]
In Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha says doṣas are five-fold [..., See doṣa]
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
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Full-text (+0): Lilatilakam, Arthadosha, Padadosha, Dhishana, Gramya, Hatavritta, Pratikulavarna, Nirarthaka, Ashlila, Padamshadosha, Shrutikatu, Rasadosha, Bhamaha, Dosha.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 7.2 - Kavisamaya (poetic conventions) and Kāvyadoṣa (poetic blemish) < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Part 13 - Kāvyānuśāsana of Hemachandra < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Appendix 1 - Ācārya, Kavi and important persons mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
7. Kavya-doshas (Poetic blemishes) < [Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work]
Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)
7. Alankaras (Embellishments or Ornaments) < [Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas]
6. Gunas (excellences) and Dosas (defects) < [Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 976 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 1]
Page 528 < [Hindi-Marathi-English Volume 1]
Page 529 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 1]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 6 - Kavisamaya or the poetic convention < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]