काव्यालङ्कार (आचार्य भामह - भारतीय काव्यशास्त्र एवं अलङ्कार-सिद्धान्त मूल महाग्रन्थ सटीक)

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शौरसेनी च गौडी च लाटी चान्या च तादृशी ।
याति प्राकृतमित्येव व्यवहारेषु संनिधिम् ॥
आभीरादिगिरः काव्येष्वपभ्रंश इति स्मृताः ।
शास्त्रे तु संस्कृतादन्यदपभ्रंशतयोदितम् ॥ I-32 to 36.
वृत्तं देवादिचरितशंसि चोत्पाद्यवस्तु च ।
कलाशास्त्राश्रयं चेति चतुर्धा भिद्यते पुनः ॥ १७ ॥
17. Again there is a fourfold classification
thus--that which relates the past history of the
gods and the like, that whose plot is conceived of
by the poet, that which relates to arts and that
which relates to sciences.
17. The fourfold classification of काव्य proceeds
from the point of view of the topic dealt with. वृत्तं
यत् देवादीनां चरितं तच्छंसि Giving the past history of the
gods and the like ; literature with a historical back-
ground. उत्पाद्यं वस्तु यस्य उत्पाद्यवस्तु Containing a plot
entirely conceived of by the poet ; fiction.
कलाश्रयं Relative of arts. शास्त्राश्रयं Literature based on
sciences.
सर्गबन्धोऽभिनेयार्थं तथैवाख्यायिकाकथे ।
अनिबद्धं च काव्यादि तत्पुनः पञ्चधोच्यते ॥ १८ ॥
18. Again there is a fivefold classification—
that which is constituted of a number of cantos,
that which can be staged, an Ākhyāyikā, a Kathā
and sporadic poetry.