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...
The Translator (Gaurapada Dāsa)
Gaurapada Dāsa completed the three-year course at Gopī-parāṇa Prabhu’s International ISKCON Sanskrit school in Govardhana (Uttar Pradesh, India). Gaurapada Dāsa’s grammar teacher was Matsya Avatāra Dāsa. Both of them collaborated on several translation projects.