Mudrarakshasa (literary study)
by Antara Chakravarty | 2015 | 58,556 words
This page relates 鈥楿se of Visheshokti-alamkara鈥� of the English study on the Mudrarakshasa: an ancient Sanskrit dramatic play (Nataka) authored by Vishakhadatta which deals with the life of king Chandragupta. This study investigates the Mudra Rakshasa from a literary perspective, such as metrics, themes, rhetorics and other poetical elements. Chandragupta ruled the Mauryan Empire during the 4th century BCE, hence this text can also be studied as a historical textbook of ancient India.
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3.18. Use of 痴颈艣别峁办迟颈-补濒补峁僰腻谤补
[Full title: Use of 础濒补峁僰腻谤补 in 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补: 础谤迟丑腻濒补峁僰腻谤补蝉, Virodham奴laka (or Virodha-varga) (4). 痴颈艣别峁办迟颈]
Where therein the effect is absent, though the cause is present, there is 痴颈艣别峁办迟颈-补濒补峁僰腻谤补. 痴颈艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 碍补惫颈谤腻箩补 has defined 痴颈艣别峁办迟颈 in his 厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺 迟丑耻蝉鈥�
This 补濒补峁僰腻谤补 is implied in many a verse in the 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补 entangled with other 补濒补峁僰腻谤补s. One of the instances is given bellow, Cf.鈥�
鈥淲hen the king Nanda had gone to heaven, not at all deserving that kind of death, effort was indeed made by me winning over the king 笔补谤惫补迟别艣惫补谤补 and after he was killed, his son, still, there was no success. It is faith, who is the enemy of the family of Nanda and not that 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 颁腻峁嘺办测补.鈥�[2]
Here, the repeated endeavours of 搁腻办峁蝉补 is the cause and his futility (迟补迟丑腻辫颈'siddhi) indicates the absence of the effect. Therefore, this portion of the verse is adorned with 痴颈艣别峁办迟颈-补濒补峁僰腻谤补.
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[1]:
厂腻丑颈迟测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺, X.67
[2]:
deve gate divamatadvidham峁泃yuyogye 艣补颈濒别艣惫补谤补峁� tamadhik峁泃ya k峁泃ah 辫谤补测补迟苍补岣�/ tasmin hate tanayamasya tath膩pyasiddhi- rdaiva峁� hi nandakula艣atrurasau na 惫颈辫谤补岣�// 惭耻诲谤腻谤腻办峁蝉补, VI.7