Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This page relates 鈥楥itrakavya in the Shishupalavadha (Introduction)鈥� of the study on the Shishupala-vadha (in English) in the light of Manusamhita (law and religious duties) and Arthashastra (science of politics and warfare). The Shishupalavadha is an epic poem (Mahakavya) written by Magha in the 7th century AD. It consists of 1800 Sanskrit verses spread over twenty chapters and narrates the details of the king of the Chedis.
Citrak膩vya in the 艢i艣up膩lavadha (Introduction)
惭腻驳丑补 was famous for Vandha is a kind of 肠颈迟谤补办腻惫测补. According to him vandha is essential for epic. A.B. keith admiring 惭腻驳丑补s vandha said鈥斺�淗is chief merits lies precisely in some of these word pictures, whose merits need not be denied, despite the effort requisite to extricate them from tedious conceits.鈥� 惭腻驳丑补 used 艣补产诲补肠颈迟谤补 and arthacitra in his epic. He used some 艣补产诲补肠颈迟谤补, they are alternate quadrant (别办腻苍迟补谤补 Pada) single lettered vandha (别办腻办峁谤补 vandha) two lettered vandha. (dvyak峁ra vandha), Sarvatobhadra, murajavandha, pratilo膩nulomavandha, 驳辞尘奴迟谤颈办腻, asa峁儁ogavandha, ardhabhramaka, 驳补迟补辫谤补迟测腻驳补迟补, 驳奴岣峚肠补迟耻谤迟丑补惫补苍诲丑补, at膩lavya vandha, triple meaning vandha, (arthatraya v膩civandha), cakravandha etc.
惭腻驳丑补 followed all yamakas and vandhas used by 叠丑腻谤补惫颈. Beside this he added another four new vandhas. These are asa峁儁oya vandha, 补迟腻濒补惫测补惫补苍诲丑补, murajavandha and cakravandha.
艢补产诲补肠颈迟谤补 is divided into four category. They are