All writers on the evolution of Sanskrit and its literature, have invariably set apart some space in their works to discuss about the dwani kavyas, or parts of works dealing with sounds and syllables and letters being given greater importance than the poetic beauty of description and aesthetics.. Even though such tendencies could be traced even to Vedas and even to the works of stalwarts like Kalidas, Bana and Bharavi,, it would appear that they have not attempted to indulge in repeated word pictures at the cost of the content and beauty of the Kavyam.. But Magha, in Sisupalavadham started the trend and the later poets for a few centuries followed suit, so much so that people started to think that such ornamental but affected arrangement of words, even at the cost of losing something in the content was a sine qua non for Kavyams.. But a substantial number of followers of Sanskrit hold the view that such ornamentation in letters making inroads into the aesthetics indicated a decline in the literary annals in that language.. Sure, Vedas and poets till Kalidasa have not used such contrivances consciously..
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