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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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यमकस्य पा�-त्रय-गतत्वम� अप्रयुक्तत�. यथ�,

yamakasya pāda-traya-gatatvam aprayuktatā. yathā,

If a yamaka occurs in three lines of a verse, that is the fault called aprayukta (not in use) (7.25). This is an example (here the sound only occurs at the end of three lines):

rādhaiva saubhāgya-vidhau sa-mānā na kāpi tasyā ramaṇ� |
mayūkha-jālena hi hīrakāṇāṃ bhavanti muktā-rucaya� samā nā ||

Only can be proud of exhibiting loveliness. No heroine is equal to Her. Indeed, the splendor of pearls is not the same as the radiance of diamonds. (ṅk-첹ܲٳܲ 8.322)

Commentary:

Moreover, according to ĀԲԻ岹󲹲Բ, yamaka should not be used in vipralambha.[1]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

dhvany-ٳ-bhūte śṛṅgāre yamakādi-nibandhanam, śaktāv api pramāditva� vipralambhe viśeṣata� (ٳ󱹲Բǰ첹 2.15); Բٳ agrees (Rasa-ṅg󲹰, KM p. 72).

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