Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada D膩sa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana鈥檚 Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata鈥檚 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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Text 7.61
(9) [This is an example of 辫补迟补迟-辫谤补办补谤峁 (falling eminence):]
啶啶班啶溹啶溹啶掂げ-啶溹啶掂げ啶�-啶溹啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ啶掂た啶曕啷嬥ぐ啷�-啶膏啶�-啶氞啶涏啶� |
啶多啶掂ぞ啶膏ぞ啶曕啶粪た啶啶�-啶曕啶�-啶曕啶粪啶ぞ-啶啶む 啶ぞ啶む 啶掂 啶ㄠぐ-啶曕啶多ぐ啷� ||
辫谤辞箩箩惫补濒补-箩惫补濒补苍补-箩惫腻濒腻惫颈办补峁璷谤耻-蝉补峁�-肠肠丑补峁璦岣� |
艣v膩s腻办峁辫迟补-kula-办峁腻-产丑峁泃 辫腻迟耻 vo nara-办别艣补谤墨 ||
projjvala鈥攂濒补锄颈苍驳; jvalana鈥攐f a fire; 箩惫腻濒腻鈥攍ike an illumination; 惫颈办补峁璦鈥攊s dreadful (formidable); uru鈥攍补谤驳别; 蝉补峁�鈥攐f the mane; 肠丑补峁璦岣�鈥擧e whose mass; 艣惫腻蝉补鈥攚ith an exhalation; 腻办峁辫迟补鈥攁re cast away; kula-办峁腻-产丑峁泃鈥擧e by whom mountain ranges (办峁腻-产丑峁泃 = supporters of the Earth); 辫腻迟耻鈥攎ay He protect; 惫补岣�鈥攁ll of you; nara-办别艣补谤墨鈥擺partially] a man and [partially] a lion.[1]
The mass of His broad mane is formidable because it resembles the illumination of a blazing fire. He can cast aside a mountain range with His exhalation. May He who is half-man and half-lion protect you all. (厂腻丑颈迟测补-诲补谤辫补峁嘺 7.8)
atr膩nupr膩sa-prakar峁岣� krame峁嘺 patita岣�.
In this verse, the eminence of alliteration gradually decreases.
Commentary:
The first line features an alliteration of jval. The second line contains an alliteration of 峁�. The third line has an alliteration of k. The fourth line is devoid of alliteration.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Compounds such as 苍补谤补-蝉颈峁僪补 where each word has the sense of 鈥榩artially鈥� are formed by the rule: ki帽cittvena vibh膩ge gamye鈥檖i (Hari-苍腻尘腻尘峁泃补-惫测腻办补谤补峁嘺 926); ktena na帽-vi艣i峁ａ弓en膩na峁� (础峁ａ弓腻诲丑测腻测墨 2.1.60).