Of Associate meanings and Suggested Ideas

In Addition to Form and content there is something else which contributes to the aesthetic appreciation of poetry.This significant something is Dhvani according to Anandavardhana -- who revolutionized the field of Indian Aesthetics and Literary Criticism. the main goal of good poetry is the evocation of a mood or "flavor" (rasa) and that this process can be explained only by recognizing a semantic power beyond denotation and metaphor, namely, the power of suggestion. This Theory of aesthetic suggestion is Dhvani.

What matters most in poetry is the aesthetic reaction of a man of taste.What distinguishes a man of taste from others is the aliveness to the unique poetic function called dhvani or overtone.

Neither success in writing nor scholarship in linguistics will make one a literary critic. The difference between an ideal critic and the ideal poet is only one of degree and not of kind.A sahrdaya is one who has the temperment of a poet. The poet creates and the critic recognises poetry becuase he recreates it in himself, being of a kindered heart.