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...

वाक्ये द्व्य्-उत्थः ॥ ४.४२c१ ॥

vākye dvy-utthaḥ || 4.42c1 ||

A dhvani arisen from the two occurs in a sentence.

śabdārtha-śakty-uttho vākya eva na pade.

A dhvani arisen from both śabda-śakti and artha-śakti only occurs in a sentence, not in one word.

Commentary:

An example was shown in text 4.76. Moreover, Paṇḍita-rāja Jagannātha clarifies that an ubhaya-śakti-bhū dhvani can occur in a compound. He says Mammaṭa’s statement only signifies that ubhaya-śakti-bhū dhvani cannot occur in one single word.[1] Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa agrees.[2] The term pada means one declined word, whether one compound or one single declined word.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

ayaṃ ca vākya-mātre pada-samūhaś ca vākyam. tenāsya nānārthānānārtha-ghaṭita-samāsaviṣayatve’pi na virodhaḥ. na tu śuddhaika-pade, tasmin nānārthānānārthayor asamāveśāt (Rasa-gaṅgādhara, KM pp. 138-139).

[2]:

pada-prakāśyo neti, ekasyaiva padasya parivṛtty-asahatva-tat-sahatve vaktum aśakye iti bhāvaḥ (Uddyota on Kāvya-prakāśa verse 92 vṛtti).

Like what you read? Consider supporting this website: