Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥楻ajashekhara鈥檚 association with Gujarata (Gujarat)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).
Part 9 - 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 association with 骋耻箩补谤腻迟补 (Gujarat)
In the works of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 seems very much connect with 骋耻箩补谤腻迟补 [Gujarat] (尝腻峁璦诲别艣补) through his royal patron. In the play 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨, the heroine is the daughter of 骋耻箩补谤腻迟补 (尝腻峁璦诲别艣补). In the 痴颈诲诲丑补艣腻濒补产丑补帽箩颈办腻 also connected to the king of this country.
In the 叠腻濒补谤腻尘腻测补峁嘺 when he describes this province he says it as the crest of the world. C.f.
鈥�ayamas膩vito vi艣vambhar膩艣ira岣ヅ沞khara iva 濒腻峁璦诲别艣补岣� 触鈥�
鈥�测补诲测辞苍颈岣� kila sa峁僺k峁泃asya sud峁浥浤佱箖 jihvasu yanmodate
yatra 艣rotrapath膩vat膩ri峁噄 ka峁璾 rbh膩峁Ｄ乲峁r膩峁嚹佱箖 rasa岣� |
gapta峁� c奴r峁嘺辫补诲补峁� 辫补诲补峁� ratipatestat辫谤腻办峁泃补峁� yadvaca 鈥�
st膩峁僱l膩峁佱箖llalit膩峁単i pa艣ya sudat墨 d峁涐梗峁璷rnime峁vratam || 鈥�- 叠腻濒补谤腻尘腻测补峁嘺 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: 10/ 78
In the K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 he says about the elegance of speech and beauty of Gujrata (尝腻峁璦诲别艣补) as:
鈥�pa峁環anti la峁璦bha峁� 濒腻峁佱弗 辫谤腻办峁泃补峁� sa峁僺k峁泃advi峁岣� |
jihvay膩 lalitoll膩palabdhasaundaryamudr膩y膩 || 鈥�- K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: Ch-VII, Pp- 34
Therefore, in the 叠腻濒补谤腻尘腻测补峁嘺 he describes that:
鈥�pa艣yasyagre jaladhiparikha峁� 尘补峁囜笉补濒补峁� 蝉颈峁僪腻濒腻苍腻峁�
citrotta峁僺a峁� ma峁噄mayabhuv膩 roha峁噀n膩calena |
诲奴谤惫腻办腻峁囜笉补肠肠丑补惫颈峁 肠补迟耻谤补峁� ma峁囜笉ana峁� yadvadh奴m膩峁�
g膩tre峁ambho bhavati gamita峁� ratnat膩峁� 艣uktigarbhai岣� || 鈥�- 叠腻濒补谤腻尘腻测补峁嘺 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: X/ 48
And also,
鈥�jana艣ca v膩ksudh膩s奴tirma峁噄s奴ti艣ca 谤辞丑补峁嘺岣� |
n膩nyatra si峁僪aladv墨p膩nmukt膩s奴ti艣ca s膩gara岣� || 鈥�- 叠腻濒补谤腻尘腻测补峁嘺 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: X/ 49