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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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. [Here the 耻辫补尘腻苍补 is portrayed as contemptible:]
tava jayati jagaty膩峁� r膩dhike bhr奴-vibha峁単e
kim iti kusuma-c膩pa艣 c膩pam anya峁� bibharti |
vilasati mukha-bimbe vedhas膩 v膩 kim artha峁�
vyaraci vidhu-vidh膩ne ni峁halo鈥檡a峁� pray膩sa岣� ||
O 搁腻诲丑颈办腻, since Your bow-like eyebrows are glorious in the world, why does Cupid, the flower archer, hold another bow? And since the splendor of Your face is so eminent, why did 叠谤补丑尘腻 take so much trouble in the useless endeavor of creating the moon? (础濒补峁卥腻谤补办补耻蝉迟耻产丑补 8.278)