Essay name: Kavyalankara-sara-sangraha of Udbhata
Author: Narayana Daso Banhatti
This is the Sanskrit edition Kavyalankara Sara Sangraha, including the Laghuvritti commentary of Induraja, an English introduction, notes and appendices. The 鈥淜avyalamkara Sara Samgraha鈥� by Udbhata is a significant work in the field of Sanskrit poetics, primarily focusing on poetic figures and rhetoric (alamkara). It dates back to the late 8th century.
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碍盲惫测腻濒补苍办补谤补-蝉盲谤补-蝉补苍驳谤补丑补.
P. 38, LL. 22-23-A etc. Here the
superiority of over and is described. The reason
for the superiority of 啶啶� [mukha ] is stated, viz. 啶膏い啶む 啶膏啶啶班啷嵿啶距く啷囙え. [satata峁� sphuracch膩yena. ] The
reason for the inferiority of and are also stated, viz.
啶︵た啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠた啶粪啶啶班き啶む啶� [div膩 ni峁rabhatva ] and 啶ㄠた啶多た 啶ㄠた啶冟ざ啷嵿ぐ啷�啶曕い啷嵿さ啶 [ni艣i ni岣ヅ況墨katvam ] respectively. The moon loses
her light by day and the lotus loses its beauty by night.
But the beauty of Parvati's face is constant. Whether the
statement of both these reasons is necessary for f
to be or only one of them is sfficient is not made
clear either by 滨苍诲耻谤腻箩补 or Udbha峁璦; most probably the
latter supposition is correct. Udbhata now goes on to
describe one more variety of 啶掂啶い啶苦ぐ啷囙 [vyatireka ] by 啶 啶掂啶оぎ啷嵿ぐ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ啶ㄠ啶む [yo vaidhamrye峁嘺 d峁涐梗峁乶to ] etc.
P. 39, L. 7 啶囙さ啶� 啶о啶ぞ啶む啶む.. 啶むぎ啶距す | [iv膩 dhup膩tte.. tam膩ha | ] 滨苍诲耻谤腻箩补 has describ-
ed before his divisions of 啶掂啶い啶苦ぐ啷囙 [vyatireka ] based on 啶囙さ啶距う啶苦さ啶距啶� [颈惫腻诲颈惫腻肠补办补] s. He
now says that Udbhata describes those divisions in the
K膩rik膩 etc. But really Udbha峁璦 is describing
here an altogether different variety of, as will be
explained presently.
.
P. 39, LL. 8, 9 鈥� 啶 啶掂啶оぎ啷嵿ぐ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ啶ㄠ啶む [yo vaidhamrye峁嘺 d峁涐梗峁乶to ] etc. 啷� 啶掂啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ啶ㄠ啶む [| vaidharmye峁嘺 d峁涐梗峁乶ta岣� ] =
An illustration by contrast. The illustration is opposite
or antagonistic to the thing illustrated. The Karik膩
means "An illustration by contrast furnished with [the
啶掂ぞ啶氞 [惫腻肠补办补] s ] 啶ぅ啶�, 啶囙さ [yath膩, iva ] etc. o
啶掂啶い啶苦ぐ啷囙, [vyatireka, ] for the establishment of
superiority (f) exists there".
65 P. 39, LL. 10-12 鈥� 啶 啶掂啶оぎ啷嵿ぐ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶ぎ啷囙く啶ぞ啶掂じ啷嵿く啶距す | [yo vaidhamrye峁嘺 pameyabh膩vasy膩ha | ] 滨苍诲耻谤腻箩补
has not brought out Udbhata's meaning clearly in the
commentary. He says - 啶 啶掂啶оぎ啷嵿ぐ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶ぞ啶︵え啶距え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶︵た啶むた 啶�
....... [yo vaidhamrye峁嘺 d峁涐梗峁乶ta iti vi艣e峁Ｄ乸膩dan膩nvay膩diti ca
....... ] Of this, 滨苍诲耻谤腻箩补's remark about
啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶ぞ啶︵え啶距え啷嵿さ啶� [惫颈艣别峁Ｄ乸腻诲补苍腻苍惫补测补 ] is correct; for it is the 啶掂啶い啶苦ぐ啷囙啶侧啷嵿し啶�. 啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶ぞ啶︵え [惫测补迟颈谤别办补濒补办峁峁嘺. vi艣e峁Ｄ乸膩dana ] is
the most important term in Udbhata's definition of
(Karik膩 29 ). But 啶掂啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿く啷囙ぃ 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ啶ㄠ啶� [vaidharmye峁嘺 d峁涐梗峁乶ta ] is not an item of 啶掂啶い啶苦ぐ啷囙啶侧啷嵿し啶� [惫测补迟颈谤别办补濒补办峁峁嘺 ] at
all. It is the description of the new variety of which
Ubbhata introduces in this K膩rik膩. By saying
fa 滨苍诲耻谤腻箩补 wants to impress the idea that Udbhata is
treating the same that he defined in the last K膩rik膩,
only that he is putting forth the new divisions of it based
on afs. But that is not the real purport of the K膩rik膩.
Udbhata's point is that wherever a
i. e. a compari-
son by contrast occurs, the alankara should be and
