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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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उदाहरणम्,

ܻ󲹰ṇa,

This illustrates ܰⲹ-ṇa (sweetness, melting):

santata� santanoty asyā niԳٲn Գٲ-ٲ� |
durԳ Գٲ-cinteya� hanta sԳpa-santatim ||

santatam—cDzԳپԳܴdzܲ; santanoti—fully expands; —of this woman; ԾԳٲ—cDzԲ; Գٲ—weary (from the verbal root tam glānau); ٲ�—wDz heart; dur-Գ—wDz end is far; Գٲ—about the male lover; Գ—aԳ澱ٲ; iyam—t󾱲; hanta—a; sԳpa—of affliction; santatim—the mass.

[ speaks to a ī:] My heart is excessively weary. Alas, My endless anxiety about My lover continually increases My mass of affliction.

Commentary:

The verse mostly features an alliteration of the phoneme nt. There are many rules of optional sandhi (phonetic combination): Here, for instance, the words niԳٲn Գٲ-ٲ� stand for niԳٲ� Գٲ-ٲ�.

ʲṇḍٲ-Ჹ Բٳ illustrates the construction of ܰⲹ in the context of ū貹 ҴDz峾ī’s śԳٲ- (Ѳṭa’s deva-ṣa rati):

tā� ٲ-taru-kānti-laṅghinī� kiṅkarī-kṛta-navāmbuda-tviṣam |
svānta me kalaya śԳٲye cira� naicikī-nayana-cumbitā� śriyam ||

“O mind, to attain peace, contemplate for a long time on that well-known radiance: It supersedes the luster of a ٲ tree, turns the splendor of a raincloud into a servant, and is kissed by the eyes of the most excellent cows� (Rasa-ṅg󲹰).[1]

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[1]:

atiśayokty-alaṅkṛtasya bhagavad-dhyānautsukyasya bhagavad-viṣayaka-rater vā dhvanyamānāyā� śԳٲ eva paryavasānāt tad-gata-ܰⲹsyābhivyañjikā racaneyam (Rasa-ṅg󲹰, KM p. 64).

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