Essay name: Ushaharana Kavya of Trivikrama Pandita (Study)
Author:
Pranesh R. Archak
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This is a study and English summary of the the Ushaharana Kavya鈥攁n Sanskrit epic poem written by Trivikrama Pandita in the 13th century. The thesis highlights Trivikrama鈥檚 dual identity as a philosopher and poet, showcasing his profound contributions to Sanskrit literature, especially through the Usaharana.
Chapter 6 - Alankaras in the Ushaharana-kavya
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In the verse quoted above, it can be noticed that before reciting the
Vedic mantras an inauspicious atmosphere was dispelled. This fact is
conveyed by saying that the inauspiciousness was dispelled by the very
utterence of ' in the beginning of vedic recitation. Here Tu Zula
is the cause and is the effect. As the effect is declared to
have arisen before the cause, the stanza is an example of affuefuraun
啶呧い啶苦ざ啶啶曕啶むた [补迟颈艣补测辞办迟颈 ] where there is 啶曕ぞ啶班啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ啶距い啷� 啶啶班啶掂ぎ啷佮啷嵿い啶苦 啷� [k膩ryasya k膩ra峁嚹乼 p奴rvamukti岣� | ] Sumat墨ndratirtha the
commentator on the U峁Ｄ乭ara峁嘺 K膩vya names this type of 'faqa' as
'啶氞お啶侧ぞ啶むた啶多く啷嬥啷嵿い啶� [肠补辫补濒腻迟颈艣补测辞办迟颈] 鈥�.29
5. 啶ぐ啶苦啶班 [ [parikara岣� [] Significant] :
A verse from the first canto of the epic poem illustrates figure
of speech.
啶う啷佮啷佮げ啶むた啶侧啶� 啶曕啶侧 啶啶班さ啷冟う啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶椸啶班啶むぐ啶掂た啶曕啶班ぎ啶啶椸啶班じ啷囙え啶啶粪 啷�
啶氞啶啶むえ啶苦啶う啶ぞ啶む啶啶距お啶班ぞ啶оぞ啶む啶啶ㄠぐ啶曕ぐ啷嬥う啶оた啶 啶啶︵ぞ 啶う啷傕え啶距ぎ啷� 啷� 啷� [ [yadukulatilaka岣� kule prav峁沝dha峁� gurutaravikramamugrasename峁岣� |
cyutanijapadam膩tmaj膩par膩dh膩tpunarakarodadhipa峁� mud膩 yad奴n膩m | | [] I.114]
Lord K峁涐梗峁嘺 coronated once again Ugrasena on the throne who was
an elderly person among the Yadus, who was endowed with abundant
valour and who was dethroned by his son Ka峁僺a.
As Mamma峁璦 states, the figure of speech arises when a certain
substantive is qualified by significant adjectives which possess two
senses. i) Expressed and the other ii) Suggested.30
In the verse quoted above the poet tells about the coronation of the
king Ugrasena by Lord K峁涐梗峁嘺. In this context the substantive 3447
is qualified by four significant adjectives : 1) 啶曕啶侧 啶啶班さ啷冟う啷嵿ぇ啶� [kule prav峁沝dha峁� ] 2 ) 啶椸啶班啶むぐ啶掂た啶曕啶班ぎ啷�
[gurutaravikrame
] 3) 啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶溹ぞ啶ぐ啶距ぇ啶距い啷� 啶氞啶啶むえ啶苦啶う啶 啷�
[膩tmaj膩par膩dh膩t cyutanijapadam |
] 29) 啶膏ぎ啶椸啶班ぇ啷嵿く啶距お啶ㄠ啶� 啶ㄠた啶ぐ啷嵿す啶｀啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ざ啷佮き啶距え啶距 啶むう啶距う啷� 啶夃啷嵿啶距ぐ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶｀啶權啶曕ぞ啶�-
啶膏啶掂え啶ぞ啶む啶班啶� 啶夃お啶多ぎ啶距き啶苦ぇ啶距え啶距い啷� 啶氞お啶侧ぞ啶むた啶多く啷嬥啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啶侧啷嵿啶距ぐ啶� 啷� [samagradhy膩panena nibarha峁嚹珁膩n膩ma艣ubh膩n膩峁� tad膩dau ucc膩ryam膩峁噊峁卥膩ra-
svanam膩tre峁嘺 upa艣am膩bhidh膩n膩t 肠补辫补濒腻迟颈艣补测辞办迟颈rala峁卥膩ra岣� | ] p. 86
30 ) 啶掂た啶多啶粪ぃ啷堗ぐ啷嵿く啶む 啶膏ぞ啶曕啶む啶班啶曕啶むた啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啶班じ啷嵿い啷� 啶膏 | [vi艣e峁峁嘺iryat s膩k奴tairukti岣� parikarastu sa岣� | ] K膩vyaprak膩艣a, p. 100
