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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Text 10.60
यथ�, ताम्राधरौष्ट-दलम् उन्न�-चारु-नासम�
अत्यायतेक्षणम् इद� बत नास्याम् आस्यम् �
बन्धूक-युग्�-ति�-पुष्�-सरोज-युग्मै�
सम्पूजित� स्वयम् अस� विधिनै� चन्द्र� �
yathā, tāmrādharauṣṭa-dalam unnata--
atyāyatekṣaṇam ida� bata[1] nāsyām ⲹ |
Իū첹-ܲ-پ-ṣp-Ჹ-ܲ�
ūᾱٲ� svayam asau vidhinaiva Ի� ||
峾�copper red; adhara-ṣṭ—lower and upper lips; dalam—wDz petal-like; unnata; —cԲ; —wDz nose; ٲⲹٲ—eDzԲٱ; īṣaṇa—wDz eyes; idam—t; bata—how amazing; na£dz; ⲹ�face; ⲹ첹; Իū첹-yugma—with a pair of Իū첹 flowers (red flowers); tila-ṣp—with a sesame flower; Ჹ-ܲ�—and with a pair of lotuses; ūᾱٲ�—wǰ; svayam—pDzԲ; asau—i; —by the creator; eva—oԱ; Ի�—the moon.
That face with its copper red, petal-like lips, charming raised nose, and large eyes is actually not a face but a moon that was personally worshiped by the creator with a Իū첹 flower, a sesame flower, and two lotuses. (ṅk-첹ܲٳܲ 8.85)
Commentary:
This is apahnuti because the denial of the existence of the upameya, the face, is clearly expressed, and then it is replaced with the existence of the ܱ貹Բ, the moon.
devotionally offered those flowers at a moon and placed them on it in their respective places: a red Իū첹 flower for the mouth, a sesame flower for the nose, and a pair of lotuses for the eyes.