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...
Text 10.92
दृष्टान्तः पुनर् एतेषां सर्वेषां प्रतिबिम्बनम् ॥ १०.१०२cd ॥
dṛṣṭāntaḥ punar eteṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ pratibimbanam || 10.102cd ||
dṛṣṭa-antaḥ—the ornament called dṛṣṭānta; punaḥ—moreover; eteṣām sarveṣām—of all these; pratibimbanam—a mirrored reflection.
When there is a mirrored effect of all of them, that is dṛṣṭānta (exemplification).
sarveṣāṃ dharmāṇāṃ pratibimba-vad bhāsanaṃ dṛṣṭāntaḥ. sa ca sādharmyeṇa vaidharmyeṇa ceti dvedhā.
Dṛṣṭānta is a mirror-like reflection of all the aspects. Dṛṣṭānta has two varieties: sādharmya (similarity of attribute) and vaidharmya (contrast of attribute).
Commentary:
The term dṛṣṭānta literally means: dṛṣṭo’nto niścayo yatra sa dṛṣṭāntaḥ, “that in which the conclusion is seen” (Kāvya-prakāśa 10.102 vṛtti). The sādharmya variety of dṛṣṭānta culminates in an implied simile.[1]