Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥榠dea or theme of Kavya (poetry)鈥擨ntroduction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).
Part 6.1a - The idea or theme of K膩vya (poetry)鈥擨ntroduction
To 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补, the idea or theme of 办腻惫测补 (poetry) is classified into three parts鈥攊.别.
- Anyayoni,
- Nihynutyoni [nihnutayoni?] and
- Ayoni.
Anyayoni have two sub-types: Pratibimbakalpa and 膧lekhyaprakhya. Nihynutyoni鈥檚 [nihnutayoni?] two sub-types are Tulyadehitulya and 笔补谤补辫耻谤补辫谤补惫别艣补蝉补诲峁浥沘 but Ayoni has no sub-division. These types of five classification of subject matter done by 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 to take advantage of views of 痴腻尘补苍补 and 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍补. 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 approves the views of 痴腻尘补苍补 and recognized it.
痴腻尘补苍补 in the history of Sanskrit poetics analyzed 鈥�artha鈥� in 办腻惫测补 (poetry) into three divisions by saying:
鈥�artho dvividho'yoniranyacch膩y膩yoni艣ca |
惫测补办迟补岣� s奴k峁a艣ca | s奴k峁o bh膩vyo v膩san墨ya艣ca || 鈥�- K膩vy膩la峁僰膩ras奴峁璻a-惫峁泃迟颈 of 痴腻尘补苍补: Ch-III/2/7-9
Therefore, 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍补 in his Dhvany膩loka developed this concept about three types of artha in 办腻惫测补 (poetry) and there his definite improvement on the older theory as:
鈥�sa峁僾膩do hyanyas膩d峁浥泍a峁� tatpuna岣� pratibi峁僾at |
膩lokhyaprakhyavattulyadehivacca 艣ar墨ri峁嚹乵 || 鈥�- Dhvany膩loka of 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍补: IV/12
碍腻惫测腻谤迟丑补 (Meaning of poetry); Anyayoni; Nihynutyoni [nihnutayoni?]; Ayoni; Pratibimbakalpa; 膧lekhyaprakha; a) Vyastaka a) Samakrama b) 碍丑补峁囜笉补 b) Vibh奴峁峁嘺mo峁 c) Tailabindu c) Vyutkrama d) Na峁璦nepathyam d) 痴颈艣别峁办迟颈 e) Chandovinimaya e) Uttamsa f) Hetuvyatyaya f) Na峁璦nepathaya g) Sa峁僰r膩ntakam g) Ekaparik膩rya h) 厂补尘辫耻峁璦岣� h) 笔谤补迟测腻辫补迟迟颈 Tulyadehitulya; 笔补谤补辫耻谤补辫谤补惫别艣补蝉补诲峁浥沘; a) Vi峁yaparivarta a) Hu岣峚yuddha b) Dvandvavicchitti b) Pratika帽cuka c) 搁补迟苍补尘腻濒腻 c) Vastusa帽c膩ra d) Sankhyollekha d) 顿丑腻迟耻惫腻诲补 e) 颁奴濒颈办腻 e) Satk膩ra f) Vidh膩n膩pah膩ra f) 闯墨惫补帽箩墨惫补办补 g) M膩峁噄kyapu帽ja g) Bh膩vamudr膩 h) Kanda岣� h) Tadvirodh墨.