Malatimadhava (study)
by Jintu Moni Dutta | 2017 | 52,468 words | ISBN-10: 8120813057 | ISBN-13: 9788120813052
This page relates 鈥楢rtha-dosha (defect of sense)鈥� from the English study on the Malatimadhava of Bhavabhuti:鈥擜 Prakarana type of Drama in ten acts revolving around the love-story of Malati (from Padm膩vat墨) 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 5.3b - Artha-诲辞峁 (defect of sense)
The artha-诲辞峁 or defect of meaning is of 23 types according to Mamma峁璦bha峁弓a. They are鈥�
- 补谤迟丑辞辫耻峁ａ弓补 (Irrelevant),
- 办补峁ａ弓辞 (Obscure),
- 惫测腻丑补迟补 (Inconsistent),
- punarukta (Tautophonous),
- 诲耻峁谤补尘补 (Irregular),
- 驳谤腻尘测腻 (Vulgar),
- sandigdhau (Dubious),
- nirhetu (Inconsequential),
- prasiddhaviruddha (Opposed to prevailing notions),
- 惫颈诲测腻惫颈谤耻诲诲丑补 (Opposed to scientific notions),
- 补苍补苍墨办峁泃补 (Monotonous),
- saniyama (Too unspecific),
- aniyama (Too specific),
- 惫颈艣别峁Ｄ� (Too restricted),
- 惫颈艣别峁辫补谤颈惫峁泃迟腻 (Too unrestricted),
- 蝉腻办腻峁卥峁 (Incomplete),
- padayukta (Misplaced),
- sahacarabhinna (Mismatched),
- 辫谤补办腻艣颈迟补惫颈谤耻诲诲丑补 (Of repugnant implication),
- 惫颈诲丑测补测耻办迟补迟腻 (With improper predicate),
- 补苍耻惫腻诲补测耻办迟补 (With improper adjunct),
- 辫耻苍补岣惫墨办峁泃补 (Resuming the concluded) and
- 补艣濒墨濒补 (Indecorous).[1]
In the 惭腻濒补迟墨尘腻诲丑补惫补 one defect of sense is found viz., (1) 惫测腻丑补迟补tva (Inconsistent)
(i) 惫测腻丑补迟腻谤迟丑补迟惫补 (Inconsistent):
The defect called 惫测腻丑补迟腻谤迟丑补迟惫补 is found in the verse jagati jayinaste....................etc[2] wherein, the very person to whom moonshine and other things are described in the first sentence as being very insignificant, regards the woman鈥檚 likeness to moonlight as a ground of excellence and herein lies the inconsistency.[3]
Thus, the above defects are found in the 惭腻濒补迟墨尘腻诲丑补惫补.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
碍腻惫测补辫谤补办腻艣补,VII.55-57
[2]:
jagati jayinaste te 产丑腻惫腻 navendukal膩daya岣� /
prak峁泃imadhur膩岣� santyev膩nye mano madayanti ye //
mama tu yadiya峁� y膩t膩 loke vilocanacandrik膩 /
nayanavi峁ya峁� janmanyeka岣� sa eva 尘补丑辞迟蝉补惫补岣� //惭腻濒补迟墨尘腻诲丑补惫补,I.36
[3]:
kasyacitpr膩gutkar峁v膩bhidh膩yapa艣c膩ttanyapratip膩dana峁儽共饽宄蟛钩俨箃vam/
厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺,VII.p.523