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 4.52
भावस्य शान्तिर् उदयः सन्धिः शबलतापि च ॥ ४.३६cd ॥
bhāvasya śāntir udayaḥ sandhiḥ śabalatāpi ca || 4.36cd ||
There is also bhāva-śānti (the cessation of a vyabhicāri-bhāva), bhāvodaya (the rise of a vyabhicāri-bhāva), bhāva-sandhi (a mix of vyabhicāri-bhāvas), and bhāva-śābalya (conflict between vyabhicāri-bhāvas).
Commentary:
These are the remaining categories of rasādi-dhvanis (4.6). In total, the varieties of asaṃlakṣya-krama dhvani are: rasa, bhāva (sthāyi-bhāva, vyabhicāri-bhāva), rasābhāsa, bhāvābhāsa, bhāva-śānti, bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, and bhāva-śābalya. The words śābalyam, śabalatā and śabalatvam are synonymous.