Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada D膩sa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana鈥檚 Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata鈥檚 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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Text 10.188 [Uttara]
42. Uttara
啶夃い啷嵿い啶�-啶多啶班啶むた-啶ぞ啶む啶班い啶� |
啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶膏啶啶ㄠ啶ㄠく啶ㄠ 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶曕啶班た啶い啷� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶掂ぞ 啶膏い啶� 啷� 啷оウ.啷оエ啷cd 啷�
啶呧じ啶曕啶︵ 啶う啷� 啶呧じ啶啶ぞ啶掂啶ぎ啷� 啶夃い啷嵿い啶班 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶むう啷� 啶夃い啷嵿い啶班ぎ啷� 啷� 啷оウ.啷оエ啷╝b 啷�
耻迟迟补谤补-艣谤耻迟颈-尘腻迟谤补迟补岣� |
pra艣nasyonnayana峁� yatra kriyate tatra v膩 sati ||10.121bcd||
asak峁沝 yad 补蝉补尘产丑腻惫测补尘 uttara峁� 蝉测腻迟 tad uttaram ||10.122ab||
uttara鈥攁n answer; 艣谤耻迟颈鈥攐f hearing; 尘腻迟谤补迟补岣�鈥攐nly because; 辫谤补艣苍补蝉测补鈥攐f a question; unnayanam鈥攖丑别 deduction; yatra鈥攊n which; kriyate鈥攊s made; tatra v膩 sati鈥攐r when there is that (a question); 补蝉补办峁泃鈥拦别辫别补迟别诲濒测; yat鈥攚丑颈肠丑; 补蝉补尘产丑腻惫测补尘鈥攐ut of the ordinary (鈥渘ot imaginable鈥�); uttaram鈥攁n answer; 蝉测腻迟鈥攖丑别re is; tat鈥攖丑补迟; uttaram鈥攖丑别 ornament called uttara.
Uttara (answer) has two varieties: (1) A question is inferred from an answer, and (2) A question is stated, the answer is out of the ordinary, and this occurs more than once.
prativacana-艣rava峁嚹乨 eva cet pra艣na岣� kalpyate, tad ekam uttaram. pra艣n膩nantara峁� ced asak峁沝 vicitram uttara峁� 蝉测腻迟 tad膩 tu dvit墨yam ity artha岣�.
If a question is deduced only because of stating the answer, that is one variety of uttara. And if, as a series of questions and answers, an amazing answer is stated after a question, that is the second variety.
Commentary:
Uttara and 辫补谤颈蝉补峁卥丑测腻 are very similar. The difference between them is that in 辫补谤颈蝉补峁卥丑测腻 the answer negates other similar things. Still, when the negation is implied, quite often the distinction between the two ornaments is not apparent.
P.V. K膩峁噀 writes:
鈥淭his figure must be distinguished from 辫补谤颈蝉补峁卥丑测腻. In 辫补谤颈蝉补峁卥丑测腻 the express mention of a thing, which is (辫谤补尘腻峁嚹乶迟补谤补-辫谤腻辫迟补) well-known from some source, serves to exclude another thing like it; while in uttara, there is no idea of excluding another thing, but there is simple assertion of a thing, which is not well-known.鈥�[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Kane, P.V. (1995), The 厂腻丑颈迟测补-诲补谤辫补峁嘺, p. 278.