Malatimadhava (study)
by Jintu Moni Dutta | 2017 | 52,468 words | ISBN-10: 8120813057 | ISBN-13: 9788120813052
This page relates ‘Pancali Riti� from the English study on the Malatimadhava of Bhavabhuti:—A Prakarana type of Drama in ten acts revolving around the love-story of Malati (from Padmāvatī) and Madhava (from Vidarbha). This study discusses the history of its author and the literary, social, religious, historical and cultural aspects of the Malatimadhava.
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Part 3.3c - ñī Rīti
The ñī īپ is a via-media between the two opposite īپs viz., the ղ岹ī and the Ҳḍ�.[1] It admits partly the characteristics of both the īپs and hence is an agreeable combination of hard and soft consonants. Here dipthongs are not onerous and a few compounds which are found here and there are mostly simple ones.
In the ī, the verse ⲹ� nidhehi ṛd....................etc[2] is a good example of ñī īپ. This verse contains hard consonants viz., ṅa, ṣa, ṇa etc whereas soft consosonents [consonants?] viz., va, pa, ha, ka etc are also suitably employed. Moreover, dipthongs viz., mbha, ṭṭ, sya are used which are not onerus.