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...
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छन्दो-भङ्ग-भयान् निजेच्छा-कृतस् तु सकृद् एवेति तथोभयं दर्शितम्. स चोदयति तिग्मांशुर् निद्रां सुभ्र्व् अधुना त्यज. अत्र चोदयतीति सन्धेर् अश्लीलत्वम्. सुभ्र्वेति तु कष्टत्वम्.
chando-bhaṅga-bhayān nijecchā-kṛtas tu sakṛd eveti tathobhayaṃ darśitam. sa codayati tigmāṃśur nidrāṃ subhrv adhunā tyaja. atra codayatīti sandher aślīlatvam. subhrveti tu kaṣṭatvam.
Examples of aślīla-visandhi (unpleasant phonetic combination) and kaṣṭa-visandhi (harsh phonetic combination) are as follows: sa codayati tigmāṃśur nidrāṃ subhrv adhunā tyaja, “Beautiful girl, the sun is rising. Stop sleeping.” Here the phonetic combination codayati (ca udayati) is an unpleasant phonetic combination (because coda means whip). The fault of kaṣṭa-visandhi is in “subhrv a”.