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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शिखण्डि-ताण्डव-क्रुरे इत्य् आदौ तु वृत्ति-विरोधः. इह शृङ्गारे वृत्ति-रूप-नागरिका युज्यते.
śikhaṇḍi-tāṇḍava-krure ity ādau tu vṛtti-virodhaḥ. iha śṛṅgāre vṛtti-rūpa-nāgarikā yujyate.
In the verse that begins śikhaṇḍi-tāṇḍava-krure (8.5), the mode of alliteration is adverse. The context is śṛṅgāra-rasa, therefore a nāgarikā vṛtti anuprāsa (9.11) should have been used.