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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जगति त्वत�-सम� नान्यः स्पृहा-शून्यः समीक्ष्यत� �
कृष्�-कीर्तन-रत्नान� कण्ठ� यत� कुरुषे नह� �
jagati tvat-samo nānya� spṛhā-śūnya� samīkṣyate |
kṛṣṇa-kīrtana-ratnāni kaṇṭhe yat kuruṣe nahi |
In this world, no one is as desireless as you because you never put on your neck the jewels of songs about ṛṣṇa.
atra stutyā nindā.
Here faultfinding is implied from the expressed praise.