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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...

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?

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