Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study)
by A. Yamuna Devi | 2012 | 77,297 words | ISBN-13: 9788193658048
This page relates 鈥楧hruva songs鈥� of the study on the Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (in English) which represents a commentary on the Amarakosha of Amarasimha. These ancient texts belong the Kosha or 鈥渓exicography鈥� category of Sanskrit literature which deals with the analysis and meaning of technical words from a variety of subjects, such as cosmology, anatomy, medicine, hygiene. The Amarakosa itself is one of the earliest of such text, dating from the 6th century A.D., while the Amarakoshodghatana is the earliest known commentary on that work.
顿丑谤耻惫腻 songs
[Cf. III. 3. 211; p. 322]
碍峁Ｄ玶补蝉惫腻尘颈苍 mentions that this word can also denote the music in drama and quotes from 叠腻濒补谤腻尘腻测补峁嘺 (I. 19) which emphasises that the 诲丑谤耻惫腻 songs are the life line of the dramas鈥�
kvacittu 诲丑谤耻惫腻 驳腻苍别 ca yad膩ha 诲丑谤耻惫腻 hi n膩峁瓂asya prathame 辫谤腻峁嚹佱弗 |
狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 XXXII is fully dedicated to the various aspects of 诲丑谤耻惫腻 songs. The songs and instrumental background music of drama proper is termed as 诲丑谤耻惫腻 songs. 顿丑谤耻惫腻 songs are so called because the words, 惫补谤峁嘺, 补濒补峁卥腻谤补, yati, 辫补峁噄 and laya are harmoniously fixed in them. As Abhinavagupta in the commentary on 狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 suggests they are so called because they stabilise the production or their themes are of fixed significance. The importance of these Dhruva songs lies in its purpose to convey those ideas that could not be revealed by the dramatic text. It is well known that Sanskrit dramas have the barest minimum of stage directions and so these Dhruva songs have to supply them (狈腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 XXXII. 364).