The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates 鈥淎lamkara (11): Kavyalinga or poetical cause鈥� as it appears in the case study regarding the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa. The Shrikanthacarita was composed by Mankhaka, sometimes during A.D. 1136-1142. The Mankhakosa or the Anekarthakosa is a kosa text of homonymous words, composed by the same author.
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Part 5k - Ala峁僰膩ra (11): 碍腻惫测补濒颈峁単补 or poetical cause
碍腻惫测补濒颈峁単补 or poetical cause occurs when a reason is implied either in a sentence or a word.[1] In the verse, 补峁兣沘惫补蝉迟补惫补 苍颈艣腻办补谤补 苍奴苍补峁�[2] 鈥︹赌�.., it has been stated that surely, the moon-light must have been made from the parts of the Ketaka plant. The reason is the plant Ketaka is of pale-white complexion as well as it bears thorn. The moonbeams prick one, suffering by the pang of separation, like the thorn of that said plant. Therefore, the poet imagines that the creator must have made the moon-beam out of the Ketaka plant. Thus, the verse under consideration fulfils the norms of the figure 碍腻惫测补濒颈峁単补. Some more examples are鈥�pu峁膩v峁泃膩峁単o nibi岣嵞乴in膩da岣�[3] 鈥︹赌�, 尘峁涐笉丑补尘补耻濒颈艣补艣腻峁卥补谤补艣尘颈产丑颈谤[4] 鈥︹赌�.., s膩yamarcanavidhi峁� vitenire[5] 鈥︹赌�, 补尘产耻诲丑别谤耻诲补驳补尘补诲惫颈诲丑耻产丑补峁単测腻[6] 鈥︹赌�., r膩trir膩ja sukum膩ra艣ar墨ra岣�[7] 鈥︹赌�, yuktam膩ha dayito mama[8] 鈥︹赌�, 肠颈迟谤补峁� 办补迟丑补峁僣颈迟办颈濒补[9].鈥�...
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
hetorv膩kyapad膩rthatve k膩vyali峁単a峁� nigadyate/
S膩hityadarpa峁嘺., X. 62
[2]:
艢r墨ka峁囜弓hacarita., XI. 57
[3]:
Ibid., VI. 27
[4]:
Ibid., VIII. 11
[5]:
Ibid., X. 18
[6]:
Ibid., XI. 58
[7]:
Ibid., XI. 59
[8]:
Ibid., XI. 60
[9]:
Ibid., XX. 14