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...

पादौ प्रक्षाल्य विधिना देवर्षेर् यदु-नन्दनः |
निवेश्य निज-पर्यङ्के ननाम च स मान-दः ||

pādau prakṣālya vidhinā devarṣer yadu-nandanaḥ |
niveśya nija-paryaṅke nanāma ca sa māna-daḥ ||

After duly washing Nārada's feet, Yadu-nandana made him sit on His bed and, being respectful, bowed to him.

atra kriyā-kramasya natir ādau hi vācyā.

Here the symmetry of the sequence of actions is broken. The obeisance should have been stated first.

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