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 11.23 [Anukūla]
66. Anukūla
अनुकूलं प्रतिकूल्याद् आनुकूल्यं भवेद् यदि ॥ ११.६cd ॥
anukūlaṃ pratikūlyād ānukūlyaṃ bhaved yadi || 11.6cd ||
If unfavorableness turns out favorable, that is anukūla (favorable).