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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana

by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words

Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...

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[This illustrates a meaning implied from the 貹ṃśa called ū-Ծٲ (being placed first in a compound) and pratyaya (suffix):]

श्री-राधिका-माधवयोर् विचित्रै� क्रीडानुषङ्गैः श्रम-बिन्दु-भाजो� |
तयोस� तदाली-ततिर� अङ्गकानि संजीवयन्ती व्यजनैर् विरेजे ||

śī-󾱰-󲹱yor ٰ� īḍānuṣaṅgai� ś-bindu-� |
tayos ٲlī-tatir ṅgԾ ṃjīⲹԳī vyajanair vireje ||

śī-󾱰-󲹱�—when Śrī Rādhikā and Śrī 󲹱; ٰ�—amazing (or diverse); īḍ�—related to fun; Գṣaṅg�—due to concomitant occurrences; ś—o account of exertion; bindu-�—[when They] had a drop; ٲ�—of Those two; ٲ—at that time; ī-ٲپ�—the multitude of lady friends; ṅgԾ—the tender limbs; ṃjīⲹԳī—while enlivening; ⲹᲹԲ�—with fans; vireje—[the multitude] was resplendent.

When Rādhikā and 󲹱 each had a drop of sweat on account of exertion due to various love games, the girls became resplendent while enlivening Their tender limbs with their fans.

atra śī-󾱰-śabdasya ū-Ծٲs tasyāś cāturyātiśaya� īḍāsu dyotayati. aṅgakānīty Գܰ첹rtha� ka�, ka-rūpataddhitas tu daurbalya� vyañjayan sambhoga-prakarṣam.

In the compound śī-󾱰-󲹱, the word śī-󾱰 is placed first: This is a ū-Ծٲ, and that suggests Her high expertise in love games.

The suffix ka in ṅgԾ (limbs, i.e. tender limbs) has the sense of Գܰ첹 (endearment). The taddhita suffix ka, however, is weakly suggestive of the eminence of the meeting (sambhoga).

Commentary:

As regards the word ṅg첹 (ṅgԾ in the plural), Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa prefers to interpret the suffix ka as the taddhita suffix ka[n] which has the sense of Գܰ첹 (endearment). The rule is: Գܰ첹yām (ṣṭī 5.3.76). The other taddhita suffix ka[n] Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa is referring to is added after a word without changing the meaning of that word, by the rule: saṃjñāyā� kan (ṣṭī 4.3.147): Often the purpose is to make the word fit the meter. The suffix ka has many other meanings.

In śī-󾱰-󲹱, the straightforward explanation is that at first the compound 󾱰-󲹱 is formed, then the word śī is added by the procedure called 貹ś- (making a subsequent compound). The word 󲹱 should have been placed first in the compound, by the rule: pūjitasya ca, “Of the two words in a dvandva compound, the one that expresses the more worshipable person is placed first� (Hari-峾峾ṛt-첹ṇa 992) (abhyarhita� ca ū� nipatatīti vaktavyam, ٳپ첹 2.2.34). ī ҴDz峾ī points out that compounds such as nara-ⲹṇa (Nara and Nārāyaṇa) and -貹ī (wife and husband) are irregular for that reason.[1] ʲٲñᲹ gives the example: -pitarau, “the mother and the father� (Ѳṣy 2.2.34). ī ҴDz峾ī does so as well (HNV 992). A compound such as lakṣmī-ⲹṇa is based on a similar idea. The compound -ṛṣṇa follows the same model, therefore, to suggest another reason for placing the names in that order is far-fetched.

The word śī in śī-󾱰-󲹱 denotes Śrī Rādhikā and Śrī 󲹱, by the rule: 屹Ի屹 貹� pūrvo vā śrūyamāṇa� ś岹� praty-ekam abhisambadhyate, “A word that is heard after or before a dvandva compound is joined with each element of the dvandva compound� (HNV 969). A usage such as “Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa� is a Bengali expression which is not founded upon the rules of Sanskrit grammar. In that regard, ṛṣṇa writes: śīmad--śīla-govinda-devau, “Śrīmatī Rādhā-ī and Śrīla Govinda-deva� (Caitanya-峾ṛt 1.1.16).

In 岵ٲ, a suggestive usage of a ū-Ծٲ is in the compound soma-ūⲹ (of the moon god and of the sun god) (10.1.1). By rule, the word ūⲹ should have been placed first in the compound.[2] վśٳ 䲹ī expounds: brahma-prapautrāt sūryāt brahma-pautratvena brahmāṃśatvena mano-’dhiṣṭhātṛtvena svaya�-bhagavad-aṅgīkṛta-vaṃśyatākatvena ca somasyābhyarhita-tvāt ū-Ծٲ�, “In soma-ūⲹyo�, the word soma is placed first because: (1) The moon god is more important than the sun god, ’s great-grandson, (2) He is ’s grandson, (3) He is an ṃśa of ,[3] (3) he is the presiding deity of the mind, and (4) The Lord in person became a descendant in his dynasty (ٳ󲹻岹śī 10.1.1). All these reasons constitute an implied 屹ⲹ-ṅg ornament (explanatory reason).

In addition, sometimes a word is taken to be a ū-Ծٲ, as a double meaning, and an implied sense is derived from that. վśٳ 䲹ī gives an example: Ჹṣi-sattameti. bho -Բ-da muni-sattameti tvayā sambodhitān matto’pi tvayi Ჹtvam adhikam astīti jñāpayati. śleṣeṇa tu -daṇḍāditvāt tva� ṛṣīṇāṃ sattvamānā� ca raja śī-ṛṣṇa-priyatamatvād eva yato janma-ṇa-kālayor brahma-tejo’pi vyarthī-karoṣīty artham apy antar upacikṣepa.

“With the vocative Ჹṣi-sattama (O best devotee among philosopher kings), Śܰ첹𱹲 lets him know: “O giver of great respect! Compared to me also, whom you have addressed as muni-sattama (O best devotee among sages) (10.1.1), being a king is an additional aspect in you.� As a double meaning, by the rule regarding words such as Ჹ-danta (main tooth),[4] Śܰ첹𱹲 throws in this meaning: “You are the best among sages and topmost transcendentalists (Ჹṣi-sattama = tva� ṛṣīṇāṃ sattamānā� ca ) simply because you are dearest to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as a result of which you (as the best of topmost transcendentalists) nullified the power of the ٰ at the time of your birth and (as the best of sages) will render ineffective the power of the 󳾲ṇa’s curse at the time of your death”� (ٳ-岹śī 10.1.15).

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[1]:

vyabhicarati ca—nara-ⲹṇau, ulūkhala-muṣale, -貹ī, -貹ī (HNV 992).

[2]:

In a dvandva compound, a word whose first vowel is either i, ī, u, or ū should be placed first, by the rule: 󲹰-ṃjñⲹ (HNV 992) (dvandve ghi, ṣṭī 2.2.32), but the following rule supersedes it: One who is more honorable is placed first (ٳپ첹 2.2.34) (mentioned above).

[3]:

Atri had three sons: Soma, Datta and ٳܰ. They are ṃśas of , վṣṇ and Ś respectively (岵ٲ 4.1.15).

[4]:

In certain compounds, when the first word is Ჹn, its meaning is: “the best of…�, by the rule: Ჹ-dāntādiṣu param (ṣṭī 2.2.31) (dīnā� dantādibhya�, HNV 990).

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