Bhavika-chavi, Bhāvikacchavi: 1 definition
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Alternative spellings of this word include Bhavikachchhavi.
In Hinduism
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Bhāvikacchavi (भाविकच्छवि) refers to one of the 93 alaṃkāras (“figures of speech”) mentioned by Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century) in his Kāvyavilāsa and is listed as one of the 89 arthālaṃkāras (figure of speech determined by the sense, as opposed to sound).—The bhāvikacchavi-alaṃkāra has not been mentioned by ancient Ālaṃkārikas like Bhāmaha etc. and modern Ālaṃkārikas like Mammaṭa, Viśvanātha etc. This appears first in the Candrāloka (C.L.V/114).
Cirañjīva defines bhāvikacchavi following Jayadeva by changing the word darśanam to darśane. His definition is as follows—“deśātmaviprakṛṣṭasya darśane bhāvikacchaviḥ”.—When the description of the vision of a thing which stays in a distant place or which is away from one’s own self is given, it is the figure bhāvikacchavi”.
Example of the bhāvikacchavi-alaṃkāra:—
dūrasthitastvamasi dūrjananirviśeṣaḥ krūrātmabhāva iti mūḍhajanāpavādaḥ |
tvaṃ dṛkpathe sphurasi nātha! sadā madīye krūrā’hameva tava dṛkpathadūrasaṃstha ||“You are staying at a distance. You are not different from a wicked person and your cruel nature is a blame indeed by fools. Oh Lord! You are always shining in the path of my vision. I am cruel indeed as I stay in a distance from your visionary path”.
Notes: This is utterance of heroine whose beloved is at a distant place. The description of the hero who is at a distant place from the heroine is given. So it is an example of bhāvikacchavi.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
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Partial matches: Bhavika, Cavi.
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