Malatimadhava (study)
by Jintu Moni Dutta | 2017 | 52,468 words | ISBN-10: 8120813057 | ISBN-13: 9788120813052
This page relates ‘Definition of Riti (the mode of arranging words)� from the English study on the Malatimadhava of Bhavabhuti:—A Prakarana type of Drama in ten acts revolving around the love-story of Malati (from Padmāvatī) and Madhava (from Vidarbha). This study discusses the history of its author and the literary, social, religious, historical and cultural aspects of the Malatimadhava.
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Part 3.1-2 - Definition of īپ (the mode of arranging words)
The īپ is another important element of 屹ⲹ. The definition of īپ is given for the first time by 峾Բ in his 屹ṃkūٰṛtپ who defines it as a peculiar arrangement of words.[1]
In the words of վśٳ Ჹ, the īپ assists the realization of sentiment, just as the structure of body assists the soul. Again, according to him the īپ may be defined as the mode of arranging words in a manner which tends to develop the sentiments prevailing in a piece of composition.[2]
Ᾱnandavardhana defines īپ as a wellformed sequence of words which is a concise form of 峾Բ’s definition. As he was a rasa theorist, he regarded it as a means of adding charm to the poetic sentiment [3] , while 峾Բ’s īپ was evidently independent of rasa.
վśٳ practically followed Ᾱnandavardhana, while Ჹś patronised the earlier view of 峾Բ.[4]
Kunṭaka, the well-known propunder of the vokrokti theory, made an original contribution to the īپ school. He gave importance to the poet’s 屹 i.e. personal disposition and described and classified it on the basis thereof.[5]
Types of īپ:
Regarding the types of īپ though there are many views among the rhetoricians yet the minimum number is three which is accepted by most of the rhetoricians.
峾Բ alludes three varieties of īپ Բ�
վśٳ,along with these three types, speaks of one more variety which is called ṭi or ṭ�.[7]
The ancient rhetoricians, 峾 and ٲṇḍ recognize only two types of īپ viz.,
- ղ岹ī and
- Ҳḍ�.[8]
Bharata on the other hand recognizes five varieties of īپ. They are:
Footnotes and references:
[3]:
ٱԲǰ첹, III. 5-6
[4]:
ٲⲹ岹貹ṇa, IX. 1
屹ⲹmimāṃ�, III.22-25
[7]:
sa puna� syāccaturvidhā /
vaidarbhī ca gauḍ� ca pāñcālī lāṭikā tathā //
徱ٲⲹ岹貹ṇa,IX.1
[8]: