The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates “Alamkara (29): Samanya or sameness” 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.
Part 5ac - Alaṃkāra (29): Sāmānya or sameness
When something in question is spoken of as having become undistinguishable from something else on account of similar qualities, there is Sāmānya or Sameness.[1] In the verse, nidadhe savidhe śrutervadhūbhi[2] ……., there is the mention of the state of undstinguishibility of the Campaka flower, gold ear-rings, the temples and cheeks of a maiden. This is because of the similar quality of the white colour of each of them. Hence, the example under discussion stands as an illustration of the figure Sāmānya. Another noteworthy example of this figure is–ramaṇī caraṇaṃ dadhatyaśoke[3] ……..
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
sāmānyaṃ prakṛtasyānyatādātmyaṃ sadṛśairguṇaiḥ/
Sāhityadarpaṇa., X. 90
[2]:
nidadhe savidhe śrutervadhūbhiścyutanidraṃ navacampakaprasūnaṃ/
atha kāñcanakarṇikākapolasthalayostasya ca sāmarasyamāsīt// Śrīkaṇṭhacarita., VIII. 32
[3]:
Ibid., VIII. 26