Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana
by Pratim Bhattacharya | 2016 | 65,462 words
This page relates 鈥楢lamkara-shastra according to Mahimabhatta (11th century)鈥� of the study on Alamkaras (鈥榝igure of speech鈥�) mentioned by Vamana in his Kavyalankara-sutra Vritti, a treatise dealing with the ancient Indian science of Rhetoric and Poetic elements. Vamana flourished in the 8th century and defined thirty-one varieties of Alamkara (lit. 鈥渁nything which beautifies a Kavya or poetic composition鈥�)
10: Ala峁僰膩ra-艣膩stra according to 惭补丑颈尘补产丑补峁弓补 (11th century)
惭补丑颈尘补产丑补峁弓补 (c. 11th cen. A.D.), one of the prominent critics of the 鈥�dhvani-theory鈥�, has tried to demonstrate that the instances of dhvani put forth by 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍补 are to be included as 鈥�办腻惫测腻苍耻尘颈迟颈鈥�. He has accepted only two senses of words鈥攖he expressed sense or 鈥�惫腻肠测腻谤迟丑补鈥� and the inferable sense or the 鈥�补苍耻尘别腻谤迟丑补鈥�. He includes poetic figures or 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 chiefly in the inferable sense and also opines that they can become the expressed sense also.
According to 惭补丑颈尘补产丑补峁弓补 the poetic figures are to be included in the expressed sense鈥�
ala峁僰膩r膩峁嚹佱箖 c膩bhidh膩tmatvamupagata峁� te峁Ｄ佱箖 bha峁単墨bha峁噄tibhedar奴patv膩t/
鈥�Vyakti-viveka (of 惭补丑颈尘补产丑补峁弓补) 惫颈尘补谤艣补-I
惭补丑颈尘补产丑补峁弓补 probably follows Kuntaka in declaring 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 as 鈥�产丑补峁単颈产丑补峁噄迟颈产丑别诲补鈥�. However, he has not given the supreme emphasis to the 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 as Kuntaka has laid upon.