The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates 鈥淎lamkara (27): Sahokti or connected description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 5aa - Ala峁僰膩ra (27): Sahokti or connected description
When a single expression by the force of a term denoting conjunction, signifies two facts, it is Sahokti, provided Hyperbole be at the basis of it.[1] This means, when a word conveying, by virtue of the power of denotation, a meaning connected with one thing, also conveys a meaning connected with another thing by the force of some word like saha, 蝉腻谤诲丑补峁�, 蝉腻办补峁� etc. it is Sahokti. As for example, in the verse, 艣补苍补颈岣� 艣补苍补颈谤尘腻苍补惫补迟墨办补惫辞峁ａ箛补[2] 鈥︹��, it has been stated that the day hour of the spring season gradually becomes prolonged along with the increased sighs of the separated women. Again, the nights are shortened or weakened with the lesser hope of their lives. The word 蝉腻谤诲丑补峁� has also been used, here in this instance; hence it is a perfect example of the figure Sahokti.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
sah膩thasya bal膩deka峁� yatra sy膩dv膩caka峁� dvayo岣�/
s膩 sahoktirm奴labh奴t膩ti艣ayoryad膩 bhavet//
S膩hityadarpa峁嘺., X. 54
[2]:
艣补苍补颈岣� 艣补苍补颈谤尘腻苍补惫补迟墨办补惫辞峁ａ箛补艣v膩sormibhi岣� s膩rdhamavardhat膩ha岣�/
ni艣墨thin墨 k膩r艣yada艣膩峁� viyogij墨v膩艣ay膩 s膩rdhamapi prapede// 艢r墨ka峁囜弓hacarita., VI. 7