The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates 鈥淎lamkara (21): Vyatireka or contrast or dissimilitude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 5u - Ala峁僰膩ra (21): Vyatireka or contrast or dissimilitude
When the upameya excels or falls short of the 耻辫补尘腻苍补 or the viceversa, it is Vyatireka[1] or contrast. The word Vyatireka means difference or excellence. As for example, in the verse, 辫谤别峁卥丑辞濒补苍苍补办丑补驳丑辞谤补峁僪耻办峁泃颈[2] 鈥︹赌�.., the poet salutes the face of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨, that goddess who is sitting on the back of a roaring lion, having tremulous nails. Herein this verse, it has been implied that the face of 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 is superior to the moon, which makes it an example of the figure Vyatireka. Some other examples of this figure are- 蝉补谤惫补颈岣� 办补颈艣肠补苍补[3] 鈥︹赌�, 惫颈测辞驳颈产丑颈岣� 辫谤辞肠肠丑惫补蝉补诲补峁弓补丑腻蝉补[4] 鈥︹赌�
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
腻诲丑颈办测补尘耻辫补尘别测补蝉测辞辫补尘腻苍腻苍苍测奴苍补迟腻鈥檛丑补惫腻/
vyatireka岣�-// S膩hityadarpa峁嘺., X. 52
[2]:
pre峁卥holannakhaghorahu峁僰峁泃imah膩si峁僪膩dhir奴岣峢asthite岣� p膩rvaty膩岣� pramad膩navadyavibhava峁� vand膩mahe tanmukha峁�/
yall膩va峁噛aka峁嚹乶av膩ptumani艣a峁� sev膩峁� vidadhy膩dvidhu-rna sy膩da峁卥anil墨nara峁卥ukabhavastatroparodho yadi// 艢r墨ka峁囜弓hacarita., I. 47
[3]:
Ibid., I. 56
[4]:
Ibid., VI. 12