viśiṣṭāḥ śabdā viśiṣṭā arthāś ca militvā kāvyatāṁ yānti
viśiṣṭāḥ śabdā viśiṣṭā arthāś ca militvā kāvyatāṁ yānti |
(Samudra-bandha on Bhāmahālaṅkāra 1.16)
“Special sounds and special meanings come together and become poetry.”
Bhāmahālaṅkāra
śabdārthau sahitau kāvyaṁ gadyaṁ padyaṁ ca tad dvidhā
śabdārthau sahitau kāvyaṁ gadyaṁ padyaṁ ca tad dvidhā |
(Bhāmahālaṅkāra: 1.16)
“Kāvya (poetry) is united sound and meaning. It is of two types: prose and verse.”