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 10.192
啶曕啶班ぎ啷囙ぃ啷嬥う啶距す啶班ぃ啶,
办谤补尘别峁噊诲腻丑补谤补峁嘺尘,
Examples are shown in order. [This illustrates a hint conveyed by a drawing:]
谤腻诲丑腻测腻岣� kara-kamale 艣颈办丑补峁囜笉补-dala-辫补办峁补-lagnam 腻濒辞办测补 |
辫谤腻迟补岣� 蝉补办丑墨 惫颈诲补驳诲丑腻 lilekha tatraiva k膩rmuka峁� 蝉补-艣补谤补尘 ||
谤腻诲丑腻测腻岣�鈥攐蹿 搁腻诲丑腻; kara-kamale鈥攐n the lotus hand; 艣颈办丑补峁囜笉补鈥攐蹿 a peacock鈥檚 tail; dala鈥攐n the feather; 辫补办峁补鈥攅测别濒补蝉丑别蝉[1]; lagnam鈥攁诲丑别谤颈苍驳; 腻濒辞办测补鈥攈aving seen; 辫谤腻迟补岣�鈥攊n the morning; 蝉补办丑墨鈥攁 confidante (i.e. priya-narma-蝉补办丑墨 or nitya-蝉补办丑墨); 惫颈诲补驳诲丑腻鈥攃濒别惫别谤; lilekha鈥攚rote (drew); tatra鈥攊n that; eva鈥攐苍濒测; 办腻谤尘耻办补尘鈥攁 bow; 蝉补-艣补谤补尘鈥攚hich has an arrow.
Seeing the eyelashes of a peacock鈥檚 tail feather adhering on 搁腻诲丑腻鈥檚 lotus hand in the early morning, a clever confidante drew a sketch of a bow and arrow on 搁腻诲丑腻鈥檚 hand. (础濒补峁卥腻谤补-办补耻蝉迟耻产丑补 8.246)
atra kara-lagn膩c candrak膩t sakhy膩岣� puru峁Ｄ亂ita峁� j帽膩tv膩 tatra puru峁-dh膩ryayo岣� dhanur-b膩峁嘺yor likhanena t膩峁� prati tat prak膩艣itam.
Understanding that 搁腻诲丑腻 held the manly position, since the feather was adhering to 搁腻诲丑腻鈥檚 hand, the confidante subtly let Her know about her witty insight by drawing a sketch of a bow and arrow, which symbolize a man.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
A peacock鈥檚 tail feather appears to have one eye, and the edges of the feather look like eyelashes.