Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana
by Pratim Bhattacharya | 2016 | 65,462 words
This page relates 鈥楢lamkara-shastra according to Rajashekhara (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�)
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11: Ala峁僰膩ra-艣膩stra according to 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 (11th century)
搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补, the well-known poet and dramatist of Sanskrit literature, has composed a treatise on Sanskrit Rhetoric called 鈥�碍腻惫测补尘墨尘腻峁僺腻鈥�. 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 belongs to the 鈥�测腻测腻惫补谤墨测补鈥� family and his date is fixed around 10th century to 11th century A.D.
The 碍腻惫测腻尘墨尘腻峁僺腻 is composed in eighteen (18) 补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺蝉 or chapters and it deals with the topics of 鈥�办补惫颈艣颈办峁Ｄ�鈥� and general Poetics. 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 cites several opinions of his predecessors like 惭别诲丑腻惫颈谤耻诲谤补, 鲍诲产丑补峁璦, 痴腻尘补苍补, 惭补峁単补濒补, 搁耻诲谤补峁璦, 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍补 etc. He himself puts forth his opinions by the name 鈥�测腻测腻惫补谤墨测补鈥�. He is the first rhetorician to recognise Rhetoric as 鈥�蝉腻丑颈迟测补惫颈诲测腻鈥�[1] . He also tries to portray the divine origin of Sanskrit Poetics in his famous 鈥�办腻惫测补-辫耻谤耻峁鈥� episode. In this episode, the figures of speech are described as the ornaments of the 鈥�办腻惫测补-辫耻谤耻峁鈥�[2] .
He also considers 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 as the seventh 鈥�补峁単补鈥� or constituent of the Veda because the comprehension of Vedic thoughts is not properly achieved without a considerable knowledge of the 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉鈥�
耻辫补办腻谤补办补迟惫腻迟 补濒补峁僰腻谤补岣� saptamam补峁単补miti 测腻测腻惫补谤墨测补岣� /
峁泃e ca tatsvar奴paparij帽膩n膩dved膩rth膩navagate岣�/
鈥擪膩vya-尘墨尘腻峁僺腻 (of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补) Ch-2.
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[2]:
anupr膩sopam膩daya艣ca tv膩mala峁僰urvanti/
鈥�K膩vya-尘墨尘腻峁僺腻 (of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补) Ch-3.