Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥楰arpuramanjari of Rajashekhara鈥� of the English 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 11 - The 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补
[Full title: The Dramas of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: (i) The 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨]
This is the four acts 笔谤腻办峁泃补 厂补峁弓办补 (a peculiar type of drama)[1]. In the act I, started with the entry of king 颁补峁囜笉补辫腻濒补, his queen 痴颈产丑谤腻尘补濒别办丑腻 and 痴颈诲奴峁办补 with their retinue. When the king and queen enjoying the beauty of (spring season) Vasanta-办腻濒补, greet each other for prosperity. Then there is a debate between the 痴颈诲奴峁办补 and 痴颈肠补办峁峁嘺 an attendant, regarding the poetic skill of each others. Then the king 颁补峁囜笉补辫腻濒补 admit the poesy of 痴颈肠补办峁峁嘺 and 痴颈诲奴峁办补 gets angry and feels away. After sometime he is return and says about the arrival of 叠丑补颈谤补惫腻苍补苍诲补, a sorcerer, renowned for his magical skill. On the request of 痴颈诲奴峁办补, 叠丑补颈谤补惫腻苍补苍诲补 brings forth the prices of the southern country, in 痴颈诲奴峁办补 dresses to the court of king 颁补峁囜笉补辫腻濒补. The princes tell the queen about her whereabouts and knowing her to be 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨, the daughter of 艢补艣颈辫谤补产丑腻 and the maternal sister of the queen, she feels very happy. The king 颁补峁囜笉补辫腻濒补 falls in love with the princess. Then the request of the queen 叠丑补颈谤补惫腻苍补苍诲补 lets the princess to live with the queen for some days.
In the act II, the king infatuated with his love to 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 is portrayed to be thinking of her beauty. The 痴颈诲奴峁办补 come to the king along 痴颈肠补办蝉补峁嘺 and then Vicaksana gives a love-letter to the king which is sent by 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨. Then the king with the help of 痴颈诲奴峁办补 and 痴颈肠补办峁峁嘺 manages to see 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 while she was swinging and engaged to fulfillment of the ardent desires of Kurbaka, 础艣辞办补 and Tilaka, through the direction of the queen.
In the III act, the king becomes sorrow to unite with 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨. To see king鈥檚 situation 痴颈诲奴峁办蝉 tells him of a dream of his own. After they hear the description of 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 afflicted with amorous sorrow done by her attendant 碍耻谤补峁単颈办补. On hearing this they proceed forth and reach near 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨. In order to pacify 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨, who was sweating severely the 痴颈诲奴峁办补 fans with his over-cloth. The light extinguished with this and the king picks up the hand of 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 with consoles her. Then the royal bards portray the commencement of twilight and the moonrise.
Then in the IV act, 痴颈诲奴峁办补 tells the king that 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 is imprisoned by the queen. The attendant of queen, 碍耻谤补峁単颈办补 tell the king that his marriage will be celebrated in the evening on this day. The queen agrees about this and arranges the marriage. Then the king marriage with 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 and attains sovereignty.
According to A. B. Keith and Sten Konow, 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 is the earliest work of the 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补[2]. To the critics Keith, I Sekhar and S. K. De realized that the portrayal of the love of king 颁补峁囜笉补辫腻濒补 and 碍补谤辫奴谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨 does not win to the mind of the appreciation and approbation of the spectators. The only merit of this 厂补峁弓补办补 is it handles elaborate 笔谤腻办峁泃 metre charmingly for the 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 ability. There he seems to give the more importance to poetic diction than dramatic action.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
In the 厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺 腻肠腻谤测补 痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 says about the 厂补峁弓补办补 as:
鈥�sa峁弓aka峁� pr膩k峁泃膩艣e峁p膩峁環 ya峁� sy膩daprave艣akam |
na ca vi峁ambhako'p膩tra pracura艣c膩dbhuto rasa岣� ||
a峁卥膩 javanik膩kh膩岣� syu岣� sy膩danyann膩峁璱k膩samama || 鈥� -S膩hityadarpar峁嘺: 6/ 276