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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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व्यङ्ग्यस्� यथ�,

vyaṅgyasya yathā,

This is an example of a suggestive implied sense:

nṣiṇ� ṣi貹 ܰṅg ٲ� sṣiṇ� bhava sakhībhir anvitā |
󲹱� kila dunoti 峾 asau 󲹱� śṛṇܳٲ � śṇḍԲ�[1] ||

na—not (i.e. do not); ṣiṇ�—two eyes; ṣi貹—please cast; ܰṅg—O doe; ٲ�—eɳ; sṣiṇ� bhava—become a witness; sakhībhi� anvitā—endowed with female friends; 󲹱�spring (or 󲹱); kila—iԻ; dunotiburns (i.e. torments); —m; asau—H; 󲹱�—who are saintly; śṛṇܳٲ—all of you should hear; �(a vocative term); śṇḍԲ�—O peacocks.

O doe, do not cast your eyes everywhere: You, along with your friends, should become my witness. Listen, O good-hearted peacocks: Spring (or 󲹱) is tormenting me! (ٲ)

atra nirjano’ya� deśa iti vyaṅgyo’rtha�. svacchandam iha mayā saha vihareti vyañjayati.

The implied sense is: “This is a solitary place.� It suggests this idea: “Here, You (her lover) can take pleasure with me as You like.�

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[1]:

ś-ٰⲹ� (ٲ).

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