Essay name: Arts in the Puranas (study)
Author:
Meena Devadatta Jeste
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Pune
This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts鈥擬usic, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature鈥攆rom the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India.
Chapter 6 - Literature in the Puranas
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- (Vyutkr盲nt盲), M奴sit盲 (Pramusita), Paruga, Kalpita (Prakalpit膩) Namantarita, Nibarta, Samanasabda, Vyamudha (Sammudha), Ekacchanna, Ubhayacchana, Sankirna are the same in both these works. The definitions of the Prahelik膩s which are different from those of Dandin are Samatrate (Samahit膩), Sam膩nar奴p膩, and Sankhy膩t膩. And eight Prahelikas which are not found in the Kavyadarsa are discussed in the Visandharmottara, namely, Gudha, Arthakari, Vyabhicarini, Nastartha, Anyarthata, Nastaksara, Arthada, and Lesa. From this it is evident that both the Purana and the K盲vy盲darse must have borrowed their material from some common source. 91 The later rhetoricians do not give much importance to
these Prahelik膩s. Mammata describes Citrak膩vya and its
varieties like Khadgabandha and Murajadi bandha, but does not
mention Prahelik膩.92 Bhoja in his Sarasvatikanth膩bharana
mentions only six Prahelikas. Visvanatha refers to three
such Prahelik膩s namely Cyutaksara, Dattaksar膩, and Cyutada-
tt膩ksar膩. According to Visvanatha, this type of literary
activity is destructive of Rasa. This is only a mode of
93 expression or Uktivaicitrya.
