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...
Text 10.274
अर्थान्त�-न्यासेऽतात्त्विकोत्प्रेक्षितार्थ-समर्थनम् अनुचितार्थता. यथ�,
arthāntara-nyāse'tāttvikotprekṣitārtha-samarthanam Գܳٳtā. yathā,
In ٳԳٲ-Բ, the fault called Գܳٳ (unsuitable meaning) (7.27) occurs if there is a corroboration of a far-fetched ܳٱṣ�. For instance:
tanvi tvan-madhyam ālokya vrīḍayaiva vinihnuta� |
keśarī hanta kas tiṣṭhen nyūno’dhika-guṇai� saha ||
Slender girl, upon seeing your waist, the lions hid out of shame. Indeed, which lowly being might remain with someone whose qualities are superior?