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...

व्याकरण-सूत्र-हीनं च्युत-संस्कृति. अयं बाधति मां स्मरः. अत्र बाधतीति.

vyākaraṇa-sūtra-hīnaṃ cyuta-saṃskṛti. ayaṃ bādhati māṃ smaraḥ. atra bādhatīti.

(2) A word that is not based on a grammatical rule constitutes the fault called cyuta-saṃskṛti (grammatical mistake). An example is the word bādhati in: ayaṃ bādhati māṃ smaraḥ, “Cupid bothers me.”

Commentary:

The ‘verb’ bādhati is grammatically wrong. It should read either bādhayati or badhnāti. The term cyuta-saṃskṛti (grammatical mistake) literally means: “That by means of which the saṃskāra (subconscious impression) has fallen.”

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