3.22. Use of Samuccaya-补濒补峁僰腻谤补

Mudrarakshasa (literary study)

by Antara Chakravarty | 2015 | 58,556 words

This page relates 鈥楿se of Samuccaya-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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3.22. Use of Samuccaya-补濒补峁僰腻谤补

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[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, Ny膩yam奴laka (or Ny膩yam奴la-varga) (2). Samuccaya]

When, nevertheless, the presence of one cause sufficient to bring about an effect, there are other causes producing the same effect in tuned with the maxim of 鈥榯hreshing floor and the pigeons鈥�; or when two qualities, or two actions or a quality and an action are simultaneously produced, the figure there is Samuccaya.

Cf.鈥�

蝉补尘耻肠肠补测辞鈥檡补尘别办补蝉尘颈苍 sati k膩ryasya s膩dhake/
办丑补濒别办补辫辞迟颈办腻苍测腻测补ttatkara岣� sy膩tparo鈥檖i cet//^[1]

The maxim of 鈥榯hreshing floor and the pigeons鈥� or the 办丑补濒别办补辫辞迟颈办腻苍测腻测补 is that, when on a threshing floor many pigeons, irrespective of age at the same time rival one another in picking up the grains lying there. Therefore, the 苍测腻测补 is used to illustrate the production of an effect by the operation of many causes at the same time.

痴颈艣腻办丑补诲补迟迟补 also use this 补濒补峁僰腻谤补 for beautifying the verses like this, Cf.鈥�

鈥�Night always slips away as I keep wakeful at the beginning of the venture brooding reflect upon the adverseness, of fate and weighing the crooked policy of 颁腻峁嘺办测补 and thereafter ruminating how all my plans have been completely frustrated remained awaking鈥揾ow is this to succeed in the face of all this.鈥�^[2]

Here, the actions of one (搁腻办峁蝉补) is defused by the actions of the other (颁腻峁嘺办测补). Therefore the presence of the other cause, while one cause is present for the action leads to Samuccaya.

Again, Cf.,鈥�

鈥淭he invader being yourself, a king with an excellent army the town being devoted to Nanda, 颁腻峁嘺办测补 being adverse due to his removal from office, Maurya being a new king, I being at your disposal whose endeavours to suggest the means will be limited to the mere pointing out the way our objects now stand, O valourous Prince, simply by your will.鈥�^[3]

Here, there are several causes for the success of the invasion is present like 办丑补濒别办补辫辞迟颈办腻苍测腻测补. Therefore the 补濒补峁僰腻谤补 is Samuccaya.

Over and above these, V.15,18; VII.5,15 are good examples of Samuccaya 补濒补峁僰腻谤补 in 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补.