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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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पूर्णो यद� स्याद् अनिश� सुधांशुः � चेत् कलङ्के� भवेद� विहीनः �
चकोर-पेयो’प� � चेद् अय� स्यात् त्वद�-आस्य-दास्या� तदैव राधे �

pūrṇo yadi syād aniśa� sudhāṃśu� sa cet 첹ṅkԲ bhaved īԲ� |
cakora-peyo’pi na ced aya� tvad-ⲹ-ⲹ tadaiva ||

ūṇa�ܱ; yadi—i; —i; Ծśǰ𱹱; ܻ-ṃśu�—the moon; —i; cet—i; 첹ṅkԲ—of a mark; bhavet—it were; īԲ�—d𱹴Ǿ; cakora—b cakora birds; ⲹ�—dܲ԰; api—e; na£dz; cet—i; ayam—i; —i; tvat-—of Your face; —[fit] for a servant; ٲ—t; eva—oԱ; —O .

O , if the moon were continuously full, if it had no mark, and if it had not been drunk by cakora birds, only then could it become a servant of Your face.

Commentary:

This is Mammaṭa’s example: rākāyām akalaṅka� ced amṛtāṃśor bhaved vapu�, tasyā ܰ� ٲ 峾ⲹ-parābhavam avāpnuyāt, “If the moon on the full moon night were spotless, only then could her face suffer the insult of being equalled� (屹ⲹ-ś verse 451).

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