Mudrarakshasa (literary study)
by Antara Chakravarty | 2015 | 58,556 words
This page relates 鈥楿se of Sahokti-alamkara鈥� of the English study on the Mudrarakshasa: an ancient Sanskrit dramatic play (Nataka) authored by Vishakhadatta which deals with the life of king Chandragupta. This study investigates the Mudra Rakshasa from a literary perspective, such as metrics, themes, rhetorics and other poetical elements. Chandragupta ruled the Mauryan Empire during the 4th century BCE, hence this text can also be studied as a historical textbook of ancient India.
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3.13. Use of Sahokti-ala峁僰膩ra
[Full title: Use of 础濒补峁僰腻谤补 in 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补: 础谤迟丑腻濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉, S膩d峁浥泍am奴laka (or S膩d峁涐梗yagarbha) (10). Sahokti]
When a single expression by the force of a term denoting conjunction, signifies two facts, it is Sahokti, provided hyperbole is at the basis of it. When a word conveying, by the virtue of the power of denotation, a meaning connected with one thing, also conveys a meaning connected with another thing by the force of some words like saha, 蝉腻谤诲丑补峁�, 艣腻办补峁� etc., it is none other than Sahokti.[1]
In this context we can observe the following verse鈥�
尘颈迟谤补峁� mamedamiti niv峁泃acittav峁泃ti峁� vi艣rambhatastvayi nive艣itasarvak膩rya峁�/
迟腻迟补峁� nip膩tya saha bandhujan膩艣rutoyairanvarthato鈥檖i natu 谤腻办峁蝉补 谤腻办峁蝉辞鈥檚颈//[2]鈥淥 R膩k峁sa! Literally too you become a 谤腻办峁蝉补 (a demon) indeed, having, along with the tears of his relatives since you caused my father to be killed, when he, with his mind perfectly at ease at the thought you were his friend, and had credulously entrusted all his affairs to you.鈥�
Here, asrutoyai岣� saha 迟腻迟补峁� nip膩tya makes the verse an instance of Sahokti.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
sah膩rthasya bal膩deka峁� yatra sy膩dv膩caka峁� dvayo岣�/ s膩 sahoktirm奴labh奴t膩ti艣ayoktiryad膩 bhavet// 厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺, X. 54
[2]:
惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补, V.7