Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates ‘Poetic conventions regarding to the God Kamadeva� of the English study on the Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara: a poetical encyclopedia from the 9th century dealing with the ancient Indian science of poetics and rhetoric (also know as alankara-shastra). The Kavya-mimamsa is written in eighteen chapters representing an educational framework for the poet (kavi) and instructs him in the science of applied poetics for the sake of making literature and poetry (kavya).
Part 7.14 - Poetic conventions regarding to the God 峾𱹲
In poetic convention, there are four types of conventions relating to the 峾𱹲 viz.
- 峾𱹲 is corporeal and non-corporeal,
- 峾𱹲’s arrows are flowers and bow is the rainbow,
- The row of bees is his bow string and
- The monster and the fish on his banner.
(i) In the ܳṃb illustrate the non-corporeal 峾𱹲 by the śǰ첹:
�ǻ� prabho ṃh saṃhare ti yāvad � khe marutā� caranti |
tāvatsa vahnirbhavanetrajanmā bhasmāvaśeṣa� 岹Բ� || �- ܳ of : Canto-III/ 72
Therefore Ჹś says about the non-corporeal nature of 峾𱹲 as:
�Գܰ ܰī kvaṇadalikula� lakṣyamabalāmano
bhedya� śabdaprabhṛti ya(taya) ime pañcaviśikhā� |
iyān jetu� yasya tribhuvanamanaṅgasya �
sa va� kāma� kāmāndiśatu dayitāpāṅgavasati� || �- Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Ჹś: Ch-XVI, Pp- 87
And the corporeal nature of 峾𱹲 as:
�ⲹ� sa bhuvamatrayaprathitasaṃyama� śaṅkaro
bibhartti vapuṣ�'dhunā virahakātara� kāminīm |
anena kila nirjitā vayamiti priyāyā� 첹�
karaṇe paritāḍayan jayati jātahāsa� smara� || �- Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Ჹś: Ch-XVI, Pp- 87
Here, from the both of the śǰ첹 describe the 峾𱹲 is corporeal and noncorporeal in the poetic composition.
(ii) In the poetic composition, 峾 is described endowed with Vasanta-, in which the flowers get bloomed and attract all living being with its smell. Ჹś doesn’t accept these types of poetic convention in poetic descriptions.
In the ṣaⲹٲ illustrate this flowery bow of 峾𱹲 as:
�rajapada� ṣaṭapadakojustam hitvātmana� puṣpamⲹ� ܰṇa� |
avyatmabhūrādriyatām sa bhaimayā bhūyugamantaradṛṣṭamuṣṭicāpam || �- ṣaⲹٲ of Śriharṣa
Here in this śǰ첹 describe the bow of 峾 is made by flowers.
The five arrows of 峾𱹲 i.e. Aravinda, śǰ첹, Cuta, Navamalika and īdzٱ貹 are explained in the ṣa as:
�śambarārirmanasija� ku sumeṣurananyaja� |
puṣpadhanvā ratipatirmakaradhvaja ٳū� || �- ṣa of Amarsiṃha: I/ 1/ 27
In the īٲDZԻ岹, Joydeva also explain about this concept and compare the lips, throat, eyes, nose and teeth of with the Bandhuka, Madhuka, īdzٱ貹, Tila and Kunda flowers. But Ჹś not recognized these types of convention and not gives any such illustration in his Kāvyamīmāṃsā.
(iii) In this types of convention has been illustrated in the Ṛtܲṃh as:
�praphu llacūtāṅku ratīkṣṇasāyako dvirephamālāvilasaddhanurguṇa� |
manāṃsi vedvu� surataprasaṅginā� vasantayoddhā ܱ岵ٲ� priye || �- Ṛtܲṃh of : Ch-VI/1
Here the 峾, the God of Eros describe in the form of a warrior. However Ჹś doesn’t mention about this convention.
(iv) In this popular convention is included among the celestial convention by Ჹś, but in the 屹ԳśԲ첹 Hemacandra says it as the niyamas. In the works of 첹貹屹ṛṭṭi and ṃkś also agree with Ի’s concepts.
To illustrated in this convention Ჹś says that
�貹� puṣpamⲹ� gṛhāṇa 첹� ke tu� samucchrīyatā�
cetolakṣyabhidaśca pañca viśikhā� pāṇau puna� santu te |
岹 辱 tavākṛte� pratikṛti� kāmo'si ki� gūhase
rūpa� darśaya nātra śaṅkarabhⲹ� sarve vⲹ� vaiṣṇavā� || �- Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Ჹś: Ch-XVI, Pp- 86
And also,
�mīnadhvajastvamasi no na ca puṣpadhavā ke liprakāśa tava manmathatā tathāpi |
ittha� tvayā virahitasya mayopalabdhā� kāntājanasya jananātha � � || �- Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Ჹś: Ch-XVI, Pp- 86
Here the both śǰ첹 describe 峾𱹲 as monster-bannered and fish-bannered.