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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa

by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words

This page relates “Alamkara (24): Sandeha or doubt� 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 5x - Alaṃkāra (24): Sandeha or doubt

Sandeha had been stated by ٲṇḍ as to be Saṃśayopamā[1] and it was included under the range of . But, afterwards it has been designated as a separate figure. According to the author of the 󾱳ٲⲹ岹貹ṇa, when an object, under discussion is poetically suspected to be something else, it is called Sandeha[2] or doubt. It is three-fold, Śܻ, wherein, the sentence ends with doubt, śⲹ, wherein, the doubt exists both at the beginning and the end and śԳٲ, wherein, the doubt is dismissed at the end. In the verse, anekaśo’ha� vimṛśannapīttha�[3] …�., the poet expresses his inability to comprehend the wicked person, whether he is consistent or otherwise. If, he is consistent, then why, he lacks firmness regarding affection, or if, he is inconsistent, then why, he is so firm in case of enmity. So, here arises the figure Sandeha. Again, as the sentence ends with doubt, therefore, it is the case of Śܻ type of the figure Sandeha.

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[1]:

ki� padmamantarbhrāntāli ki� te lolekṣaṇa� mukha�/
mama dolāyate citta-mitīya� saṃśayopamā//
Kāvyādarśa., II. 26

[2]:

sandeha� prakṛte’nyasya saṃśaya� pratibhotthita�/
śuddho niścayagarbho’sau niścayānta iti tridhā//
󾱳ٲⲹ岹貹ṇa., X. 35

[3]:

anekaśo’ha� vimṛśannapīttha� khala� na vedmi sthiramasthira� vā/
satya� sthiraścetkṣaṇasauhṛda� kimathāsthira� ki� yugadīrgharoṣa�// Śrīkaṇṭhacarita., II. 24

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