Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana
by Pratim Bhattacharya | 2016 | 65,462 words
This page relates 鈥楢lamkara-shastra according to Dandin (8th century)鈥� of the study on Alamkaras (鈥榝igure of speech鈥�) mentioned by Vamana in his Kavyalankara-sutra Vritti, a treatise dealing with the ancient Indian science of Rhetoric and Poetic elements. Vamana flourished in the 8th century and defined thirty-one varieties of Alamkara (lit. 鈥渁nything which beautifies a Kavya or poetic composition鈥�)
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6: 础濒补峁僰腻谤补-艣膩stra according to 顿补峁囜笉颈苍 (8th century)
顿补峁囜笉颈苍 (c. 8th cen.鈥�9th cen. A.D.), who stands between the 鈥�础濒补峁僰腻谤补-school鈥� and 鈥�搁墨迟颈-school鈥�, has shown great importance of poetic figures in the treatment of Poetics.
He, for the first time, defines 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 as basic beautifying element for a poetic composition鈥�
办腻惫测补艣obh膩kar膩n dharm膩nala峁僰膩r膩n pracak峁te/
鈥擪膩vy膩dar艣a (of 顿补峁囜笉颈苍) 2.1.
He also opines that an uttama-办腻惫测补 or good poetry should be embellished by 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉. He has not differentiated 驳耻峁嘺蝉 from 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 and he asserts that literary excellences such as 驳耻峁嘺蝉 and 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 constitute the essence of poetic diction or 尘腻谤驳补蝉.
He states that 驳耻峁嘺蝉 are the special embellishments of vaidarbha-尘腻谤驳补 while the 补濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 are common embellishments to both vaidarbha-尘腻谤驳补 and 驳补耻岣峚-尘腻谤驳补鈥�
iti vaidarbha尘腻谤驳补蝉ya pr膩峁嚹乨a艣agu峁嚹乻m峁泃膩岣�/
鈥擪膩vy膩dar艣a (of 顿补峁囜笉颈苍) 1.42.
Therefore he, in his introduction to the chapter dealing with poetic figures, clearly states technical poetic figures as 鈥�蝉腻诲丑腻谤补峁嘺尘补濒补峁僰腻谤补箩腻迟补尘鈥�[1] .
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[1]:
k膩cin尘腻谤驳补vibh膩g膩rthamukt膩pr膩gapyala峁僰峁泃i岣�/
蝉腻诲丑腻谤补峁嘺尘补濒补峁僰腻谤补箩腻迟补尘adya pradar艣yate//
鈥� K膩vy膩dar艣a (of 顿补峁囜笉颈苍) 2.3.