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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啶ぅ啶� 啶掂ぞ,
yath膩 v膩,
This is a twist on the second 辫谤补迟墨辫补. [Here a well-known 耻辫补尘腻苍补 is said to be on a par with the upameya,]
mama vadanam eva nayan膩-nandakam iti m膩 k峁泃h膩岣� sutanu garvam |
aparo鈥檖i ka艣cid eva峁� r膩k膩y膩峁� 艣补谤补诲颈 艣ubhr膩峁兣泆岣� ||
mama鈥攎测; vadanam鈥�face; eva鈥攐苍濒测; nayana鈥攖he eyes; 腻苍补苍诲补办补尘鈥攄别濒颈驳丑迟蝉; iti鈥攖丑耻蝉; m膩 k峁泃h膩岣�鈥攄on鈥檛 do; su-tanu鈥擮 girl with a beautiful body; garvam鈥�pride; 补辫补谤补岣�鈥攁苍辞迟丑别谤; api鈥攁濒蝉辞; 办补艣肠颈迟鈥攕omeone (or something); evam鈥攊n this way; 谤腻办腻测腻尘鈥攐n the night of the full moon; 艣补谤补诲颈鈥攐蹿 autumn; 艣墨迟补-补峁兣泆岣�鈥攖he moon (鈥渨hose rays are cool鈥�).
Young woman with a gorgeous body, do not be too proud, thinking that only Your face delights the eyes. Something else delights the eyes too: It is the cooling full moon of autumn. (础濒补峁卥腻谤补-办补耻蝉迟耻产丑补 8.280)
anayo岣� p奴rvatropamitir ani峁ann膩, paratra tu ni峁ann膩py upam墨yam膩nasya candrasya tirask膩r膩yaiva.
Of the above two examples, in the first one the similitude was not effected. In this one, however, although it is effected, it is so only for the sake of belittling the moon, which is being compared to her face.