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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साधर्म्य-गता न्यूनता न्यून-पदता. अधिकता त्व् अधिक-पदतैव। क्रमेणोदाहरणम्,
sādharmya-gatā nyūnatā nyūna-padatā. adhikatā tv adhika-padataiva. krameṇodāharaṇam,
Inadequacy regarding a common attribute is the same as the fault called nyūna-pada (missing word) (7.60). Excessiveness in a common attribute is the same as the fault called adhika-pada (superfluous word) (7.60). Examples are shown in order.
rādhayāliṅgitaḥ kṛṣṇas tāra-hāra-dyutiṃ dadhat |
vidyutālaṅkṛto nīla-balāhaka ivāvabhau ||
Kṛṣṇa, who assumed the splendor of an excellent pearl necklace, was embraced by Rādhā. He was resplendent like a monsoon cloud adorned with lightning.
atra balāhakasya sa-balākatvānukter nyūna-padatā.
The fault called nyūna-pada occurs here because there is no mention that the cloud has a series of cranes. (A series of cranes corresponds to the pearl necklace.)