Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana
by Pratim Bhattacharya | 2016 | 65,462 words
This page relates 鈥楢lamkara-shastra according to Vidyadhara (13th 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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18: Ala峁僰膩ra-艣膩stra according to 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补 (13th century)
痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补, who belongs between the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century, has composed a work on Sanskrit Poetics known as 鈥�贰办腻惫补濒墨鈥�. It is composed in 鈥�办腻谤颈办腻-惫峁泃迟颈鈥� style and is divided in eight (08) 鈥�耻苍尘别峁蝉鈥� or chapters. The last two 鈥�耻苍尘别峁蝉鈥� treat the figures of speech, 艣补产诲腻濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 and 补谤迟丑腻濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 respectively. The arrangement of the subject matters of 鈥�贰办腻惫补濒墨鈥� is largely based upon Mamma峁佲�檚 鈥�碍腻惫测补辫谤补办补艣补鈥� and the classification and treatment of figures mostly follow Ruyyaka鈥檚 鈥�础濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉补谤惫补蝉惫补鈥�. Though being a strong advocate of the 鈥�dhvani-迟丑别辞谤测鈥�[1] , 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补 has treated the figures of speech in details.
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[1]:
诲丑惫补苍颈辫谤补诲丑腻苍补峁� 办腻惫测补峁� tu k膩nt膩sa峁僲itam墨ritam/
艣补产诲腻谤迟丑补耻 驳耻峁嘺迟腻峁� 苍墨迟惫腻惫测补帽箩补苍补辫谤补惫补峁嘺峁� 测补迟补岣�//
鈥� 贰办腻惫补濒墨 (of 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补) 1.6.