Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates ‘Kavi-shiksha Work in Sanskrit Poetics� 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 18 - °²¹±¹¾±-Å›¾±°ìá¹£Ä� Work in Sanskrit Poetics
In Indian poetics though some rhetoricians have not straight cooperation in general themes of poetics yet they deal other elements of poetics and they also highlight the picture of °²¹±¹¾±-Å›¾±°ìá¹£Ä� (education of poet). Though it is the peculiar tendency on poetics, its aspects deal with regulation, law and precepts of a poet.
It gives the knowledge to aspirant poet to composition of good poetry and enjoyment of °ìÄå±¹²â²¹ (poetry). S. K. De remarks[1]:
“These treatise do not deal with the conventional topic of poetics, with its theories, dogmas and definitions but they are meant chiefly as manuals to guide the poet in his profession, there primary objects bring Kavi-Å›¾±°ìá¹£Ä� or instruction of the aspiring poet in the devices of the craft.â€�
In this way when most of the Äå±ô²¹á¹ƒkÄå°ù¾±°ì²¹²õ think about the concepts of poetry as constituted by the body and the soul. Their some are think about the different, they pay attention about their creator, the kavi (poets). On which way the can composed a good poetry, what are their limitations etc. Different writers on poetics had prescribed different guidelines for a successful poet. These guidelines are known as °²¹±¹¾±-Å›¾±°ìá¹£Ä� in Sanskrit poetics. However the earlier rhetoricians of Sanskrit poetics do not elaborately discusses about this matter but they are some gives references willingly or unwillingly in this matter on their works. There at first time ³ÛÄå²âÄå±¹²¹°ùÄ«²â²¹ ¸éÄåÂᲹś±ð°ì³ó²¹°ù²¹ elaborately discusses and developed the absolute concepts of kavi-Å›¾±°ìá¹£Ä�, thus he posits as the founder of KaviÅ›¾±°ìá¹£Ä� School in Sanskrit poetics.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
De, S. K. History of Sanskrit Poetics. Firma K. L. M. Kolkata: 1988, Vol.–II, Pp- 283