Varadambika-parinaya Campu (Study)
by Bhagavant. L. Nadoni | 1994 | 45,770 words
This is a study in English of the Varadambika-parinaya Campu—a 16th-century Sanskrit poem written by the poetess Tirumalamba. The text itself narrates the marriage of the Vijayanagara King Achyutaraya with Varadambika. This essay emphasizes the literary merit of the Campu by analyzing its narrative style, character portrayals, use of descriptions, ...
The depiction of Raudra Rasa
According to Bharata, Raudra consists of the permanent mental state of anger, it owes its origin to Raksasa Danavas and haughty men and is caused by fights. This is created through the elements such as anger, rape, abuse, insult untrue allegation, exorcising, threatening, revengefulness, jealousy and the like. Its actions are beating, breaking, crushing, fighting, drawing of blood and similar other deeds. Its representation should be
190 by means of consequents such as red-eyes, knitting of eyebrows, biting of the lips, movement of the cheeks, pressing 45 one hand with the other and the like Transitory psychological in it are: presence of mind, energy, states (vyabhicarins) excitement, indignation, restlessness, fury, pespiration, trembling, horripila tion, choking voice and the like. "Tirumalamba's depiction of Raudra sentiment also is affective. In the following lines, we can find furry of warriors aroused at beholding their foes: 46 "Their lips were throbbing, as if with the agitation (produced in them) by (their) quick steps occasioned by (their using) harsh and abusive language owing to (their) anger generated suddenly at the mere sight of the enemy"47. In the description of the fight between the wariors another charming example of Raudra Rasa: we find "It was horrible with the fire of (their) glory inviolable on account of sparks flying about in the battle in which warriors who were moving about were recklessly striking one another with swords and arrows, and sparking and sparking like fire flies recently born in the vicinity of the darkness of the dust, daraning the intermediate spaces of the quarters "48
191 Thus Tirumalamba has delineated Raudra Rasa very efficiently at proper situations in her Varadambika-parinaya campu.