Mudrarakshasa (literary study)
by Antara Chakravarty | 2015 | 58,556 words
This page relates 鈥楿se of Vyajokti-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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3.29. Use of 痴测腻箩辞办迟颈-补濒补峁僰腻谤补
[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, G奴岣峢膩rthapratitim奴laka (or Gu岣峢膩rthapratit墨-varga) (5). 痴测腻箩辞办迟颈]
痴测腻箩辞办迟颈-补濒补峁僰腻谤补 has been defined by 痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 碍补惫颈谤腻箩补 in his 厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺 补蝉鈥�
vy膩joktirgopana峁� vy膩j膩dudbhinnasy膩pi vastuna岣�/[1]
The shrewd concealment of a thing, even though it is clear, is 痴测腻箩辞办迟颈. Our dramatist has used the 痴测腻箩辞办迟颈-补濒补峁僰腻谤补 only once in the 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补 that too in the first verse. If we go through the 苍腻苍诲墨 verse again, we can find that, though, 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 has been clearly observing a lady (驳补峁単腻) sitting on the head of her husband, yet 惭补丑腻诲别惫补 is concealing this fact from 笔腻谤惫补迟颈 with some obscure replies.
We have mentioned in the beginning that in the first verse of the drama, the 艢补产诲腻濒补峁僰腻谤补 named Vakrokti has been employed. But our skilled dramatist has composed the 狈腻苍诲颈 verse in such a way that it has become an example of 痴测腻箩辞办迟颈 补濒补峁僰腻谤补 also. We may say that this is a rare case where both the 础谤迟丑腻濒补峁僰腻谤补 and 艢补产诲腻濒补峁僰腻谤补 goes hand in hand to form an amalgamation.
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[1]:
Sahityadarpana, X.92