Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This page relates 鈥楥itrakavya (2): Anuprasa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.
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Citrak膩vya (2): Anupr膩sa
Poet 惭腻驳丑补 used 补苍耻辫谤腻蝉补 also in his epic the 艢颈艣耻辫腻濒补惫补诲丑补.
He used 痴峁泃测腻苍耻辫谤腻蝉补 in the sixteenth verse of the fourth canto and 肠丑别办腻苍耻辫谤腻蝉补 in the thirty fifth verse of first canto.
a. 贰办腻办峁谤补辫腻诲补 (single lettered line)鈥�
In this 补苍耻辫谤腻蝉补 every line is made of a verse by a different or separate single consonant. So, the consonants which are used in the four lines of a verse are separate from each other. As for example鈥�
鈥渏ajaujoj膩jijijj膩j墨 ta峁� tato'titat膩titut |
bh膩bho'bh墨bh膩bhibh奴bh膩bh奴r膩r膩rirarir墨rara岣� ||鈥� 19. 3 ||[1]
b. 贰办腻办峁谤补 (Single lettered)
In this 补苍耻辫谤腻蝉补 every line of a verse is made by single letter. As for example鈥�
鈥渄膩dado duddadudd膩d墨 d膩d膩do d奴dad墨dado岣� |
dudd膩da峁� dadade dudde dad膩dadadado'dada岣� ||鈥� 19. 14 ||[2]
Here single word 鈥榙a鈥� is used in the every line of this verse.
c. Dvyak峁ra v峁泃y补苍耻辫谤腻蝉补鈥�
In this type of 补苍耻辫谤腻蝉补 two letters are used in a verse.
As for example鈥�
鈥渂h奴ribhirbh膩ribhirbh墨rairbh奴bh膩rairabhirebhire |
bher墨rebhibhirabhr膩bhairabh墨r奴bhiri bhairibh膩岣� ||鈥� 19. 66 ||[3]
In this verse the letters 鈥榖ha鈥� and 鈥榬a鈥� are used.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
ibid., p. 781.
[2]:
ibid., p. 828.
[3]:
ibid., p. 807.