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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तथा हि, वैफल्य-प्रसिद्ध्य्-अभाव-वृत्त्य्-अयोग्यता अनुप्रासे दोषाः. ते क्रमाद् अपुष्टार्थत्व-प्रसिद्धि-विरोध-प्रतिकूल-वर्णत्व-रूपास् तत्-स्वाभाव्यात्.
tathā hi, vaiphalya-prasiddhy-abhāva-vṛtty-ayogyatā anuprāse doṣāḥ. te kramād apuṣṭārthatva-prasiddhi-virodha-pratikūla-varṇatva-rūpās tat-svābhāvyāt.
The details are as follows. The defects in anuprāsa (alliteration) are: (1) vaiphalya (uselessness), (2) prasiddhi-abhāva (absence of convention), and (3) vṛtti-ayogyatā (unsuitability of the mode of alliteration). They are forms of apuṣṭārtha (irrelevant) (7.85), prasiddhi-virodha (contrary to what is well known) (7.93), and pratikūla-varṇa (adverse phonemes) (7.53), respectively, since they have the same natures. Examples are shown in order.