Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana
by Pratim Bhattacharya | 2016 | 65,462 words
This page relates 鈥楢lamkara-shastra according to Kavikarnapura (16th 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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25: 础濒补峁僰腻谤补-艣膩stra according to 碍补惫颈办补谤峁嘺辫奴谤补 (16th Century)
笔补谤补尘腻苍补苍诲补 D膩ssena, well-known as Kavikar峁嚹乸奴ra, is a keen follower of the 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补 movement led by 艢r墨caitanya. Flourished in the latter half of the 16th century, 碍补惫颈办补谤峁嘺辫奴谤补 wrote several poetical works and he is the author of a work on Sanskrit Rhetoric called 鈥�础濒补峁僰腻谤补办补耻蝉迟耻产丑补鈥�. It is basically a derivative work designed on the pattern of the 碍腻惫测补辫谤补办腻艣补 of Mamma峁亀ith certain original deviations. It follows the most prevalent 鈥�rasa-dhvani鈥� system of Sanskrit Poetics. The work is composed in ten (10) 办颈谤补峁嘺蝉 or chapters.
The author opines that poetry is a special type of composition with extra ordinary strikingness and it is generated from the intuition of the poet鈥�
kaviv膩峁卬irmiti岣� k膩vyam/
鈥�础濒补峁僰腻谤补-kaustubha (of Kavikar峁嚹乸奴ra) 1.2.
Also鈥�
as膩dh膩ra峁嘺camatk膩rak膩ri峁嚹玶acan膩hi nirmiti岣� /
鈥敶”舨贯箖k腻谤补-kaustubha (of Kavikar峁嚹乸奴ra) 1.2 (惫峁泃迟颈)
He also presents, like 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 and Vidy膩natha, the complete picture of the 鈥�办腻惫测补-辫耻谤耻峁鈥� and regards 耻辫补尘腻 and other figures as necklaces and other ornaments of the said 鈥�辫耻谤耻峁鈥�[1] . 碍补惫颈办补谤峁嘺辫奴谤补 gives detailed analysis of 艣补产诲腻濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 and 补谤迟丑腻濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉 in the 7th and 8th 办颈谤补峁嘺 of his work respectively.
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[1]:
艣补谤墨谤补峁� 艣补产诲腻谤迟丑补耻 dhvanirasava 膩tm膩kila rasau
驳耻峁嚹乵腻诲丑耻谤测测腻诲测腻耻辫补尘颈迟颈尘耻办丑辞'濒补峁卥峁泃颈驳补峁嘺岣�/
蝉耻蝉补峁僺迟丑腻苍补峁� 谤墨迟颈岣� sa kila 辫补谤补尘补岣� 办腻惫测补辫耻谤耻峁
yadasmin 诲辞峁岣� sy膩cchrava峁嘺ka峁璾t膩di岣� sa na 辫补谤补岣�//
鈥� 础濒补峁僰腻谤补-kaustubha (of Kavikar峁嚹乸奴ra) 1.1.