१, वर्णगाविचारः २. शब्दार्थनिर्णयः ३. रसनिर्णय ४. नेतृभेदविचारः ५. अलङ्कारनिर्णय ६. दोषनिर्णयः ७. सन्ध्यङ्गनिरूपणम् ८. वृत्तिनिरूपणम् ९. रूपकनिरूपणम् १०. नाट्यालङ्कारनिरुपणम् ११ . चाटुप्रबन्धलक्षणम् Works on Alatakāra Sāstra generally deal with the technics of the Kavyas of the Sravya type, the technics being Alankāra, Guna, Dosa, Vrtti, Rasa etc. while Dasarupaka provided the technics of Drama, the Drsya type of kāvya Our author, Amrtanandayogin, observing the eye to be a quicker route to the brain than the ear has furnished information on Dramaturgy along with other topics of rhetoric. He has gathered the subject matter from various sources where they are limited and made the Alankara Sangraha a work of unique nature. Befitting the title Alankara Sangraha represents a concise compendium of all the writings on poetic and dramaturgy down to its times. Alankara Sangraha stands on a par with the standard texes such as Sahitya Darpana and prataparudriya which furnish the technics of both the Sravya and Drsya types but still it contains some more information on the qualities of the Sanskrit Alphabet and ganas of prosody-important factor to be noted by all poets all poets in their compositions. It also furnishes information about the varieties of poets according to their tastes it poetry and Literature. A chapter called Catuprabandha-laksana is also added in the end, 'These Catuprabandhas might have been well appreciated by the Literati of his time, their theme being mainly the praise of patrons of favorite deities. In treating of Dramaturgy, the author deals with the subject in a manner similar to the. Sahitya, Darpana, describing the Uparupaka and Natyalankara. Slight changes in names are seen in certain types of Uparupakas when compared to the Sahitya Darpana. Most of the matter relat-
