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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अविशेष-परिवृत्तोऽविशेषे स-विशेषः. यथा, ददाति निज-भक्तेभ्यो रत्नानि मधुसूदनः. अत्र सर्वं ददातीत्य् अविशेषो वाच्यः.
aviśeṣa-parivṛtto'viśeṣe sa-viśeṣaḥ. yathā, dadāti nija-bhaktebhyo ratnāni madhusūdanaḥ. atra sarvaṃ dadātīty aviśeṣo vācyaḥ.
(15) The fault named aviśeṣa-parivṛtta (too particular) means aviśeṣe sa-viśeṣa (a particularity when a generality should be made). For instance: “Madhusūdana gives gems to His devotees.” Here a nonspecific meaning should have been stated instead: “Madhusūdana gives everything to His devotees.”