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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啶椸啶班ぞ啶啶い啷嵿さ啶� 啶灌ぞ啶膏啶�-啶曕ぞ啶班た啶粪. 啶ぅ啶�,
驳谤腻尘测补tva峁� h膩sya-k膩ri峁. yath膩,
The fault called 驳谤腻尘测补 (colloquialism) is not faulty in humorous statements. For instance:
丑补颈测补峁単补惫墨苍补-pi峁囜笉o 惫腻 诲峁浥泍补迟别 艣补艣颈-尘补峁囜笉补濒补岣� |
dugdha-dh膩r膩 ivaitasm膩t prapatanti 驳补产丑补蝉迟补测补岣� ||
丑补颈测补峁単补惫墨苍补鈥攐f fresh butter (or ghee) made from one-day-old milk); 辫颈峁囜笉补岣�鈥攁 mass; 惫腻鈥攍颈办别; 诲峁浥泍补迟别鈥攊s seen; 艣补艣颈鈥攐f the moon; 尘补峁囜笉补濒补岣�鈥攖he orb; dugdha鈥攐f milk; 诲丑腻谤腻岣�鈥攐耻迟辫辞耻谤蝉; iva鈥攍颈办别; 别迟补蝉尘腻迟鈥攆rom this; prapatanti鈥撵补濒濒; 驳补产丑补蝉迟补测补岣�鈥攖he rays.
The moon looks like a mass of fresh butter. The moonrays fall from the moon as if they were jets of milk. (adapted from 厂腻丑颈迟测补-诲补谤辫补峁嘺 7.21)
iya峁� vid奴峁kasyokti岣�.
These are the words of a jester.
Commentary:
According to 艢e峁r膩ja 艢arm膩, here the colloquial word (驳谤腻尘测补) is dugdha-诲丑腻谤腻岣� (jets of milk) yet it is not faulty because of the context (颁补苍诲谤补办补濒腻).