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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उदाहरणम्,
udāharaṇam,
This is an example of ojas guṇa (vigor):
udvṛtta-matta-daityendra-hatyā-vitta-nakhodbhaṭaḥ |
daṃṣṭrā-kaṭakaṭāt-kāra-krūra-vakro’vatād vibhuḥ ||
udvṛtta—who was ill-behaved; matta—and arrogantly proud; daitya-indra—of the king of demons; hatyā—on account of the killing; vitta—known (or famous); nakha—with the nails; udbhaṭaḥ—He who was intense; daṃṣṭrā—of the fangs; kaṭakaṭāt—the sound kaṭakaṭāt[1]; kāra—with the sound; krūra—was cruel (ferocious); vakraḥ—He whose face; avatāt—may He protect [us]; vibhuḥ—the Lord (“all-pervasive”).
May the Lord protect us. He is vehement with His nails, which are famous for the killing of Hiraṇyakaśipu, the ill-behaved and arrogantly proud king of asuras. The Lord’s face was ferocious while making the sound kaṭakaṭāt with His teeth.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The author of Kṛṣṇānandinī says kaṭakaṭāt is an onomatopoeia: daṃṣṭrāṇāṃ kaṭakaṭātkāraḥ śabda-viśeṣa-rūpas tena krūraṃ nirdayaṃ mukhaṃ yasya saḥ (Kṛṣṇānandinī). However, that word is not listed anywhere. Vācaspatya says kaṭakaṭa and kaṭakaṭā are onomatopoeias. This is also seen in Monier-Williams and in Apte. These two dictionaries say kaṭakaṭa and kaṭakaṭā are onomatopoetic words supposed to represent the noise of rubbing.