Madhuryaguna, Madhuryaguṇa, Madhurya-guna: 1 definition
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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Mādhuryaguṇa (माधुर्यगुण) or simply Mādhurya refers to the “quality of sweetness” and represents one of the different Guṇas (‘qualities’) employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—According to Mammaṭa, the cause melting emotions in the mind, present in the erotic sentiment, and the form of joy is known as Sweetness (mādhuryaguṇa). [... see mādhurya]
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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Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study) (by Manisha Misra)
11. Stylistic comparison < [Chapter 6 - A comparative analysis of literary merits of both the works]
2. The Riti and Guna < [Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda]
Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)
6. Gunas (excellences) and Dosas (defects) < [Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)
Chapter 5b - Riti in the Agni Purana
Chapter 6 - The History of Vritti in Sanskrit poetics
Kathakali, and Other Forms of Bharata Natya < [September-October 1933]