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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77. Anuguṇa
प्राक्-प्रसिद्ध-गुणोत्कर्षोऽनुगुणः पर-सन्निधेः ॥ ११.१२cd ॥
prāk-prasiddha-guṇotkarṣo'nuguṇaḥ para-sannidheḥ || 11.12cd ||
When there is an eminence of a previously established quality on account of the proximity of another thing, that is anuguṇa (enhancement of one’s quality).
Commentary:
The definition is taken from Jayadeva’s Candrāloka (5.106) (cited in Kuvalayānanda 145). He gives this example: karṇotpalāni dadhate kaṭākṣair api nīlatām, “The blue lilies on her ears assumed a blueness also because of her sidelong glances” (Candrāloka 5.106).