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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...

[This verse and the next illustrate hetu ܳٱṣ�, imagining a cause:]

ś峾� 첹ṭākṣa-nikṣepād gopīnā� ūԲ ܳٲ� |
DZⲹ� pītāṃśuka- pītimāna� dhruva� 岹� ||

ś峾�—d쾱; 첹ṭākṣa—sDzԲ glances; Ծṣe—because of casting (their eyes have eyeliner); DZī峾—done by the cowherd girls; ūԲ—indeed (a term expressive of ܳٱṣ�); ܳٲ�Acyuta; DZⲹ�—the cowherd girls; īٲyellow; ṃśu첹—on the garment; —because of meditating; īپԲЯǷɲԱ; dhruvam—certainly (a term expressive of ܳٱṣ�); 岹�—aܳ.

Indeed, Acyuta is darkish because the DZī cast sidelong glances. For sure, the DZī assumed a yellowish color because they meditated on His yellow garment.

Commentary:

The verse features two hetu ܳٱṣās: the two clauses which begin with “because�. The first ܳٱṣ� is expressed with the word ūԲ (indeed) and the second one with the word dhruvam (for sure). All the words expressive of an ܳٱṣ� are stated ahead (10.37 ṛtپ).

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