Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study)
by Padma Sugavanam | 2011 | 95,782 words
This page relates 鈥楰ohala and Nritya (6): The concept of Drishti鈥� of the thesis dealing with Kohala鈥檚 contribution to the Sanskrit textual tradition of ancient Indian performing arts. The study focuses specifically on music (Gita), dance (Nritya), and drama (Natya). Although Kohala鈥檚 original works have not been found, numerous references to him across Lakshana-Granthas (treatises) and works by modern scholars indicate his significance.
Kohala and N峁泃ya (6): The concept of D峁涐梗峁璱
啶曕た啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶傕ざ啶むた啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啶掂啶� 啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶︵啶ぞ 啶呧げ啶權啶曕ぞ啶班う啷冟し啷嵿啶 啷�
啶膏啶むが啷嵿ぇ啶距う啷嵿く啶距 啶膏い啷嵿い啶掂啶� 啶氞ぞ啶粪啶熰 啶曕啶灌げ啷嬥啷嵿い啶距 啶ぐ啶� 啶呧お啶� 啷� 啷�.啷ガ啷� 啷�
啶ㄠた啶班ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶曕い啷嵿さ啶距う啷嵿が啶距す啷佮げ啷嵿く啶啶む啶多啶� 啶� 啶く啷嬥う啶苦い啶距 啷�
啶曕た啶ㄠ啶む 啶啶班啶掂ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶ぎ啶むぎ啶ㄠ啶︵啶� 啶曕た啶お啷�啶班た啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啷�.啷ガ啷� 啷�ki峁� ca 惫颈峁兣沘迟颈岣� sattavaj膩 bh膩v膩dy膩 补濒补峁卥腻谤补d峁涐梗峁璦ya岣� |
蝉迟补产诲丑腻dy膩岣� sattavaj膩 c膩峁ａ弓au kohalokt膩岣� par膩 api || 3.665 ||
nirarthakatv膩db膩hulyabh墨te艣ca na mayodit膩岣� |
kintu p奴rv膩c膩ryamataman奴dya kimap墨ritam || 3.666 ||鈥�(厂补峁単墨迟补苍腻谤腻测补峁嘺, Vol. II, p.728)
笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补 Mi艣r膩 describes the varieties of glances (诲峁涐梗峁璱蝉).
Here, he presents different glances that are to be used for each of the 蝉迟丑腻测墨产丑腻惫补蝉 and states that the same, when used in a more intense manner will generate rasa and thereby will become rasa诲峁涐梗峁璱蝉:
啶囙い啷嵿く啶粪啶熰 啶︵啶粪啶熰く啶� 啶膏啶ムく啶苦き啶距さ啶溹ぞ 啶侧啷嵿し啶苦い啶距 啶曕啶班ぎ啶距い啷� 啷�
啶忇い啶� 啶忇さ啷嬥げ啷嵿が啶｀ぞ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿く啷� 啶溹ぞ啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶班じ啶︵啶粪啶熰く啶� 啷� 啷�.啷エ啷�itya峁ａ弓au d峁涐梗峁璦ya岣� sthayi产丑腻惫补j膩 濒补办峁迟腻岣� kram膩t |
et膩 evolba峁嚹佱弗 satyo j膩yante rasad峁涐梗峁璦ya岣� || 3.628鈥擲a峁単istan膩r膩ya峁嘺: 2009: Vol. II: p.706
笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补 Mi艣r膩 also describes the 惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤墨-诲峁涐梗峁璱蝉. In all he speaks of twenty six types of glances. At this point, he mentions that there are twenty other varieties of ornamental glances (补濒补峁卥腻谤补-诲峁涐梗峁璱蝉) born out of the sattva 产丑腻惫补, which have been described by Kohala and also names the first of this list as 鈥�蝉迟补产诲丑腻鈥�. The rest of the 补濒补峁卥腻谤补-诲峁涐梗峁璱蝉 of the Kohala 蝉补尘辫谤补诲腻测补 have not been mentioned by the author who cites the reason that it is futile/ meaningless and superfluous to do so. Perhaps at the time of Puru艣ottama Mi艣r膩, these ornamental glances had gone out of vogue due to which he has omitted a description of them. He says that he has only described those that have been followed by the 辫奴谤惫腻肠腻谤测补蝉.
Interestingly, the 诲峁涐梗峁璱 called 蝉迟补产诲丑腻 occurs in 叠丑腻惫补辫谤补办腻艣补苍补, where it has been described as one among the twelve glances that are used to express the raudra rasa:
啶ㄠた啶粪啶え啷嵿う啶ぞ啶ㄠお啶曕啶粪啶ぞ啶椸啶班い啶距ぐ啶距き啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶膏啶むぎ啷嵿き啶啶氞啶い啷� 啷�
ni峁andam膩napak峁膩grat膩r膩bhru stambhamucyate |
鈥數竽灞共贡璋拱炷迮洸共圆� of 艢膩rad膩tanaya: 1930: p.123
There is no description of a 诲峁涐梗峁璱 called 蝉迟补产诲丑腻 in works like 狈峁泃测腻诲丑测腻测补 and 厂补峁単墨迟补谤腻箩补 (狈峁泃测补谤补迟苍补办辞艣补) or still later works like 础产丑颈苍补测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺尘 of 狈补苍诲颈办别艣惫补谤补.