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 10.100 [Tulya-yogitā]

17. Tulya-yogitā

नियतानां सकृद् धर्मः सा पुनस् तुल्य-योगिता ॥ १०.१०४cd ॥

niyatānāṃ sakṛd dharmaḥ sā punas tulya-yogitā || 10.104cd ||

niyatānām—of the things established; sakṛt—one time; dharmaḥ—an attribute [is stated[1] ]; —that; punaḥ—moreover; tulya-yogitā—the ornament called tulya-yogitā.

If one attribute is stated once and all the things connected with it are either contextual or noncontextual, that is tulya-yogitā (equal connection with an attribute).

prakṛtānām evāprakṛtānām eva vā dharmaś cet prakāśyate tadā tulya-yogitā. (See above.)

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

dharma ity anantaraṃ “yad upādīyate” iti śeṣaḥ (Kāvya-pradīpa).

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