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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...

तद�-भेदान् आह,

tad-bhedān āha,

He mentions the varieties of ٳܳٲ-śṃs,

nimitte 峾Բ śṣe prastute sati |
tad-anyasya vacas tulye tulyasyeti ca 貹ñdhā ||10.99||

—which is an effect; nimitte—which is a cause; 峾Բ—which is a generality; śṣe—which is a particular; prastute sati—when there is a prastuta; tat-anyasya—of the other; —a word (the mention); tulye—[when the prastuta] is a similar thing; tulyasya—of a similar thing; iti—in this way; ca—aԻ; 貹ñ-쾱ڴDZ.

Aprastuta-śṃs has five varieties: (1) An effect is understood from its cause, (2) A cause is understood from its effect, (3) A generality is understood from a particular case, (4) A particular case is understood from a generality, and (5) One thing is understood from a similar thing.

kāryādike prastute sati tad-anyasya kāraṇāder uktis tulye ca tulyasyeti 貹ñ-vidhāsau. (The translation of the elaboration was incorporated in the translation of the .)

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