Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥楻ajashekhara鈥檚 Race and Caste鈥� of the study on the Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara: a poetical encyclopedia from the 9th century dealing with the ancient Indian science of poetics and rhetoric (also know as alankara-shastra). The Kavya-mimamsa is written in eighteen chapters representing an educational framework for the poet (kavi) and instructs him in the science of applied poetics for the sake of making literature and poetry (kavya).
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Part 4 - 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 Race and Caste
搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 calls himself as 驰腻测腻惫补谤墨测补[1] in the 碍腻惫测补尘墨尘腻峁僺腻. Because he was born in 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 family and he was the better known as 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 to his successor.
鈥淭he name r膩ja艣ekhara (谤腻箩腻 肠补苍诲谤补岣� 艣ekhara yasya) means 艣颈惫补 (肠补苍诲谤补艣别办丑补谤补 being given by Amara as a synonym of 艣颈惫补)鈥�[2].
In the introductory verses of 罢颈濒补办补尘补帽箩补谤墨, 顿丑补苍补辫腻濒补 refers to his as an 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 Kavi.
鈥�sam膩dhigu峁嘺艣膩linya岣� prasannaparipakrim膩岣� |
y膩y膩varakaverv膩co mun墨n膩miva v峁泃taya岣� || 鈥�
- Tilakama帽jar墨 of 顿丑补苍补辫腻濒补: 33
And 厂辞峁弓补濒补 [厂辞岣嶀笉丑补濒补], the author of 鲍诲补测补蝉耻苍诲补谤墨 notice him as a simply 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 and praises him for his dramatic skill.
鈥�y膩y膩vara岣� pra帽j膩varo gu峁嘺帽jair膩艣a峁僺ita岣� s奴risam膩javayai岣� 触鈥�
n峁泃yatyud膩ra峁� bha峁噄tergu峁嘺sth膩 na峁玽a yasyo峁環aras膩 pada艣r墨 ||
- 鲍诲补测补蝉耻苍诲补谤墨 of 厂辞峁弓补濒补 [厂辞岣嶀笉丑补濒补]: VIII
搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 was very proud for him and his family literary forefathers.
However he belonged to the 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 family but it is not clear that he was a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 or 碍峁迟谤颈测补. According to 狈腻谤腻测补峁嘺 Dik峁ta 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 means a kind of 驳峁沨补蝉迟丑补[3]. C.f.
鈥�dvividho go峁ａ弓ho y膩y膩var墨ya岣� 艣膩l墨na岣� ca 触鈥�
- 驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办补蝉尘峁泃颈 (Mitak峁r膩 comm.): I/ 12
Means there are two kinds of 驳峁沘丑补蝉迟丑补: The 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 and the 艢腻濒墨苍补, but probably 驰腻测腻惫补谤补 is the name of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 family. Apte remarks[4], 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 must also be presumed to have been a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, because he was not becoming guru or 耻辫腻诲丑测腻测补 of 惭补丑别苍诲谤补辫腻濒补 and 惭补丑颈辫腻濒补[5] and also he is said to be an incarnation of 叠丑补惫补产丑奴迟颈.
On the other hand, 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 wife 础惫补苍迟墨蝉耻苍诲补谤墨 was the Cauh膩na 碍峁迟谤颈测补 family, so he may be 碍峁谤颈测补. But when 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 was belong, those times anuloma marriage was accepted in society. In the 惭补苍耻蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 says:
鈥�艣奴draiva bh膩ry膩 艣奴drasya s膩 ca sv膩 ca vi艣a岣� sm峁泃a岣� |
te ca sv膩 caiva r膩帽ja岣� syust膩艣ca sv膩 c膩grajanmana岣� || 鈥�
- 惭补苍耻蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: III/ 13
And the 驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办补蝉尘峁泃颈 also says about the anuloma marriage as:
鈥�tisro var峁嚹乶up奴rve峁嘺 dve tathaik膩 yath膩kramam |
vr膩hma峁嘺k峁triyavi艣膩峁� bh膩ry膩 sv膩 艣奴drajanmana岣� || 鈥�
- 驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办补蝉尘峁泃颈: I/3/ 53
So it seems that 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 was born in a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 family.
叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺,
艢腻濒墨苍补,
驰腻测腻惫补谤墨测补 > 础办濒腻箩补濒补诲补 > 惭补丑腻谤腻峁ａ弓谤补 颁奴谤腻尘补峁噄 > 厂耻谤腻苍补苍诲补 > Tarala > 碍补惫颈谤腻箩补,
艢墨濒腻惫补迟墨 > Durduka,
础惫补苍迟墨蝉耻苍诲补谤墨 > 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
鈥�y膩y膩var墨ya岣� sa峁卥峁pya mun墨n膩峁� matavistaram 触鈥� K.M: Ch- 1, Pp-2
[3]:
痴颈诲诲丑补艣腻濒补产丑补帽箩颈办腻. Commentary on -I/ 5
[4]:
搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 life and writing. Harvard Oriental Series, Cambridge, Vol-IV,1901, Pp-180
[5]:
鈥�raghuku latilako mahendrap膩la岣� sakalakal膩nilaya岣� sa yasya 艣颈峁补岣� 触鈥� 鈥� 痴颈诲诲丑补艣腻濒补产丑补帽箩颈办腻: I/ 6,
鈥�devo yasya mahendrap膩lan峁沺ati岣� 艣颈峁补岣� raghus膩magr墨岣� 触鈥� 鈥� B腻濒补-产丑腻谤补迟补: I/ 11.
鈥�tena mah墨p膩ladevena ca raghuva峁兣沘muku 峁璦ma峁噄n膩 膩ry膩vartamah膩谤腻箩腻ghir膩jena 艣r墨nirbhayanare ndranandanen膩r膩dhit膩岣� sabh膩sada岣� 触鈥� 鈥� 叠腻濒补-产丑腻谤补迟补: I/ 7