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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कृष्णस्य प्रेयसी राधा सौन्दर्याद् अतिवल्लभा. अत्र वल्लभापदार्थः पुनर्-उक्तः.
kṛṣṇasya preyasī rādhā saundaryād ativallabhā. atra vallabhāpadārthaḥ punar-uktaḥ.
(4) [This is an example of punar-ukta (redundancy):] “Rādhā, Kṛṣṇa’s sweetheart, is highly beloved due to Her beauty.” Here the meaning of the word vallabhā (beloved) is redundant.