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...
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क्रमेणोदाहरणम्,
krameṇodāharaṇam,
Examples are shown in order. (1) [Here a thing is represented without its well-known substratum:]
lokāntarāntaḥ suhṛdāṃ gatānāṃ giraś ca rūpāṇi ca kelayaś ca |
tathaiva santīha suhṛj-janānāṃ manasy aho sauhṛda te prabhāvāḥ ||
loka-antara—another world; antaḥ—within; suhṛdām—of friends; gatānām—which have departed; giraḥ—words; ca—and; rūpāṇi—forms; ca—and; kelayaḥ—playful activities; ca—and; tathā—in the same way; eva—only; santi—remain; iha—in this world; suhṛt—who were friends; janānām—of people; manasi—in the mind; aho—how wonderful; sauhṛda—O friendship; te—your; prabhāvāḥ—powers.
O friendship, how wonderful are your powers! Although dear friends have departed to another world, their words, appearance, and playful activities remain fresh in their friends’ minds. (Alaṅkārakaustubha 8.286)
Commentary:
This is Mammaṭa’s example:
divam apy upayātānām ā-kalpam analpa-guṇa-gaṇā yeṣām |
ramayanti jaganti giraḥ katham iva kavayo na te vandyāḥ ||“Although they reached heaven, why should the poets of old not be glorified? Their words have no shortage of qualities and will continue to delight the world until the end of this eon.” (Kāvyālaṅkāra 9.6) (Kāvya-prakāśa, verse 559)