The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa

by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words

Hinduism Kavya Linguistics Vyakarana

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This page relates “Literary Assessment Of The Shrikanthacarita” as it appears in the case study regarding the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa. The Shrikanthacarita was composed by Mankhaka, sometimes during A.D. 1136-1142. The Mankhakosa or the Anekarthakosa is a kosa text of homonymous words, composed by the same author.

Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita

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Part 1 - Rīti or the style

Part 2 - Rasa or the sentiment

Part 2a - Rasa (1): Vīra or the sentiment of heroism

Part 2b - Rasa (2): Śṛṅgāra or the sentiment of love

Part 2c - Rasa (3): Raudra or the sentiment of furiousness

Part 2d - Rasa (4): Hāsya or the sentiment of humour

Part 2e - Rasa (5): Karuṇa or the sentiment of pathos

Part 2f - Rasa (6): Bhayānaka or the sentiment of terror

Part 2g - Rasa (7): Bībhatsa or the sentiment of disgust

Part 2h - Rasa (8): Adbhuta or the sentiment of wonder

Part 2i - Rasa (9): Śānta or the sentiment of tranquility

Part 2j - Rasa (10): Bhāva

Part 2k - Rasa (11): Vatsala or parental affection

Part 3 - Guṇa or the quality

Part 3a - Guṇa (1): Mādhurya

Part 3b - Guṇa (2): Ojaḥ (Ojas)

Part 3c - Guṇa (3): Prasāda

Part 4 - Chandas or the metre

Part 4a - Chandas (1): Vṛtta type of metre (akṣarachandas)

Part 4b - Chandas (2): Jāti type of metre (mātrāchandas)

Part 5 - Alaṃkāra or the figures of speech

Part 5a - Alaṃkāra (1): Anuprāsa or alliteration

Part 5b - Alaṃkāra (2): Utprekṣā or poetical fancy

Part 5c - Alaṃkāra (3): Rūpaka or metaphor

Part 5d - Alaṃkāra (4): Samāsokti or speech of brevity

Part 5e - Alaṃkāra (5): Yamaka or repetition (rhyme)

Part 5f - Alaṃkāra (6): Śleṣa or pun

Part 5g - Alaṃkāra (7): Upamā or simile

Part 5h - Alaṃkāra (8): Atiśayokti or hyperbole

Part 5i - Alaṃkāra (9): Paryāyokta or periphrasis

Part 5j - Alaṃkāra (10): Dṛṣṭānta or exemplification

Part 5k - Alaṃkāra (11): Kāvyaliṅga or poetical cause

Part 5l - Alaṃkāra (12): Arthāntaranyāsa or corroboration

Part 5m - Alaṃkāra (13): Apahnuti or concealment

Part 5n - Alaṃkāra (14): Bhrāntimān or error

Part 5o - Alaṃkāra (15): Virodhābhāsa or contradiction

Part 5p - Alaṃkāra (16): Viṣama or incongruity

Part 5q - Alaṃkāra (17): Vibhāvanā or peculiar causation

Part 5r - Alaṃkāra (18): Ananvaya or self-comparison

Part 5s - Alaṃkāra (19): Nidarśanā or illustration

Part 5t - Alaṃkāra (20): Pariṇāma or commutation

Part 5u - Alaṃkāra (21): Vyatireka or contrast or dissimilitude

Part 5v - Alaṃkāra (22): Tulyayogitā or equal pairing

Part 5w - Alaṃkāra (23): Asaṅgati or disconnection

Part 5x - Alaṃkāra (24): Sandeha or doubt

Part 5y - Alaṃkāra (25): Arthāpatti or presumption or necessary conclusion

Part 5z - Alaṃkāra (26): Svabhāvokti or natural description

Part 5aa - Alaṃkāra (27): Sahokti or connected description

Part 5ab - Alaṃkāra (28): Mīlita or lost

Part 5ac - Alaṃkāra (29): Sāmānya or sameness

Part 5ad - Alaṃkāra (30): Vyāghāta or frustration

Part 6 - Kavisamaya or the poetic convention

Part 7 - Examination of language from literary perspectives

Part 8 - Impact of previous poets upon Maṅkhaka

Part 9 - Commentary on the poem [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]

Part 10 - Merits and demerits (of the Śrīkaṇṭhacarita)

Last Updated: 22 February, 2020

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