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 10.176 [Parikara]
37. Parikara
विशेषणैर् यत् साकूतैर् उक्तिः परिकरस् तु सः ॥ १०.११८ab ॥
viśeṣaṇair yat sākūtair uktiḥ parikaras tu saḥ || 10.118ab ||
viśeṣaṇaiḥ—with adjectives; yat—if (yat = yadi); sa-ākūtaiḥ—which are significant (“they have an intention (a purpose)”); uktiḥ—the mention [of a noun[1] ]; parikaraḥ—the ornament called parikara; tu—(used to express a new beginning); saḥ—that.
If there is a mention of a noun along with many significant adjectives, that is parikara (the assistants).
sābhiprāyāneka-viśeṣaṇa-dvārā viśeṣyasya puṣṭiḥ parikaraḥ.
Parikara is the enhancement of a noun by means of purposeful adjectives (especially adjectival compounds).