Kuntaka

Kuntaka () was a Sanskrit poetician and literary theorist of who is remembered for his work ''Vakroktijīvitam'' in which he postulates the Vakrokti Siddhānta or theory of Oblique Expression, which he considers as the hallmark of all creative literature. He lived roughly 950–1050, between Anandavardhana in the ninth century and Abhinavagupta in the tenth century and was a rough contemporary of Dhananjaya and Rajasekhara. Provided by Wikipedia