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...

यत्र वाक्य-मध्ये वाक्यान्तरं प्रविशति तद् गर्भितम्। यथा,

yatra vākya-madhye vākyāntaraṃ praviśati tad garbhitam. yathā,

(17) The fault called garbhita (parenthesis) means a clause is within another sentence. For example:

bhagavad-vimukhair lokais tadīya-jana-nindakaiḥ |
bhaṇāmi bhavatas tattvaṃ nocitā vasatiḥ kvacit ||

Residing somewhereI tell you the truthwith people who are averse to the Lord and who criticize His devotees is improper.

atra bhavatas tattvaṃ bhaṇāmīti vākyaṃ vākya-madhye praviṣṭam.

Here the clause “I tell you the truth” is within another sentence.

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