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 10.157 [Udātta]
33. Udātta
उदात्तं वस्तुनः सम्पत् ॥ १०.११५c ॥
udāttaṃ vastunaḥ sampat || 10.115c ||
udāttam—the ornament called udātta; vastunaḥ—of a thing; sampat—the wealth (the description of wealth[1]).
When there is a description of the wealth of a thing, that is udātta (exalted).
sampat samṛddhiḥ.
The word sampat means samṛddhi (wealth).