Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This page relates ‘Citrakavya (2): Anuprasa’ of the study on the Shishupala-vadha (in English) in the light of Manusamhita (law and religious duties) and Arthashastra (science of politics and warfare). The Shishupalavadha is an epic poem (Mahakavya) written by Magha in the 7th century AD. It consists of 1800 Sanskrit verses spread over twenty chapters and narrates the details of the king of the Chedis.
Citrakāvya (2): Anuprāsa
Poet Māgha used anuprāsa also in his epic the Śiśupālavadha.
He used Vṛtyānuprāsa in the sixteenth verse of the fourth canto and chekānuprāsa in the thirty fifth verse of first canto.
a. Ekākṣarapāda (single lettered line)—
In this anuprāsa every line is made of a verse by a different or separate single consonant. So, the consonants which are used in the four lines of a verse are separate from each other. As for example—
“jajaujojājijijjājī taṃ tato'titatātitut |
bhābho'bhībhābhibhūbhābhūrārārirarirīraraḥ ||” 19. 3 ||[1]
b. Ekākṣara (Single lettered)
In this anuprāsa every line of a verse is made by single letter. As for example—
“dādado duddaduddādī dādādo dūdadīdadoḥ |
duddādaṃ dadade dudde dadādadadado'dadaḥ ||” 19. 14 ||[2]
Here single word ‘da’ is used in the every line of this verse.
c. Dvyakṣara vṛtyanuprāsa—
In this type of anuprāsa two letters are used in a verse.
As for example—
“bhūribhirbhāribhirbhīrairbhūbhārairabhirebhire |
bherīrebhibhirabhrābhairabhīrūbhiri bhairibhāḥ ||” 19. 66 ||[3]
In this verse the letters ‘bha’ and ‘ra’ are used.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
ibid., p. 781.
[2]:
ibid., p. 828.
[3]:
ibid., p. 807.