Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...
Text 7.49
विजेयस् तत्र कृष्णेन मागधो मागधोऽभवत्. अत्र विजेय इति कृत्-प्रत्ययः क्त-प्रत्ययार्थेऽवाचकः.
vijeyas tatra kṛṣṇena māgadho māgadho'bhavat. atra vijeya iti kṛt-pratyayaḥ kta-pratyayārthe'vācakaḥ.
(8) [This is an illustration of avācaka (inexpressive) in a part of a word:] vijeyas tatra kṛṣṇena māgadho māgadho’bhavat, “Defeated by Kṛṣṇa there, Māgadha (Jarāsandha) became a māgadha (a panegyrist of a king).” In this example, the kṛt suffix in vijeya is inexpressive of the meaning of the suffix [k]ta.
Commentary:
The word vijeya (defeated) is used in the passive voice, yet the past tense does not come out because viyeya literally means either “He should be defeated” or “He can be defeated.” It should be replaced by vijita.