The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates 鈥淩asa (7): Bibhatsa or the sentiment of disgust鈥� as it appears in the case study regarding the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa. The Shrikanthacarita was composed by Mankhaka, sometimes during A.D. 1136-1142. The Mankhakosa or the Anekarthakosa is a kosa text of homonymous words, composed by the same author.
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Part 2g - Rasa (7): 叠墨产丑补迟蝉补 or the sentiment of disgust
叠墨产丑补迟蝉补谤补蝉补 is that where, the 蝉迟丑腻测颈产丑腻惫补 is 箩耻驳耻辫蝉腻 or aversion. It is alleged by the mythologists to be blue-coloured and to have 惭补丑腻办腻濒补 i.e. an awful form of 艢颈惫补 as its presiding deity. The stinking flesh and fibre and fat are regarded as its 膩lambanavibh膩vas, while therein, the presence of worms etc. are treated as 耻诲诲墨辫补苍补蝉. Again, spitting, averting of the face, closing of the eyes etc. are its 补苍耻产丑腻惫补蝉 and bewilderment, epilepsy, agitation, sickness, death etc. are regarded as 惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤颈产丑腻惫补蝉 in connection to 叠墨产丑补迟蝉补.[1]
惭补峁卥丑补办补 uses the sentiment of disgust in the descriptions of battle between the army of the gods and the demons. In canto XXIII, in the verse, viz. 补蝉迟谤补峁� ca 辫补濒补峁�[2]......, 惫腻蝉补岣� 办峁泃迟颈产丑颈谤腻蝉补惫补[3].鈥�., as峁沰srota岣� protasthala[4]鈥�..., also, in canto XXIV, in the verses viz. raktai岣� sind奴ritamavirato[5]鈥�.., 蝉补峁僴补诲诲丑腻苍腻尘补辫颈 辫补谤颈办补谤补峁�[6]鈥�., 惫颈艣惫补峁� 产腻蝉辫补峁�[7]鈥�.., 辫补办惫腻苍腻尘补辫测补苍补惫补诲丑颈尘补迟腻[8].鈥�., etc., there are the descriptions of disgustful scenes of burning of the corpses of the demons. Again, in some verses, there is the combination of the sentiments of disgust with that of erotic. Therein, presented the disgusting scene of dead bodies at the one place and at another, after death, the union of them with divine nymphs has been nicely amalgamated, in the verses, viz. tridivayuvatirudyat[9]......, 惫墨谤辞鈥檙颈艣补蝉迟谤补驳补濒补诲补蝉谤补[10]鈥�.., etc. Moreover, there is a scene of devouring of dead bodies of elephants, massacred in the battle, by the 搁腻办峁蝉补蝉 in the verse, viz. 惫腻蝉补岣� 办峁泃迟颈产丑颈谤腻蝉补惫补[11]鈥�.. The 搁腻办峁蝉补蝉, with all their family members, happily enjoyed, ate those dead bodies, drank the blood. It reminds similar instances of 叠墨产丑补迟蝉补谤补蝉补, delineated in 叠丑补峁弓补苍腻谤腻测补峁嘺鈥檚 痴别峁嚹玸补峁僪腻谤补, in the conversation of Vas膩gandh膩 and Rudhirapriya, in Act III, where they rejoiced over the corpses in the great battle of 碍耻谤耻办峁迟谤补. Along with these, 惭补峁卥丑补办补 gives reference of flowing of blood in streams, from the dead bodies of soldiers also in the verse, as峁沰srota岣� protasthala[12] 鈥�...
This way, 惭补峁卥丑补办补 employs the sentiment of disgust in his poem, yet with a view to intensity the effect of the heroic sentiment.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
箩耻驳耻辫蝉腻蝉迟丑腻测颈产丑腻惫补stu, b墨bhatsa岣� kathyate rasa岣�/
n墨lavar峁噊 mah膩k膩ladaivato鈥檡amud膩h峁泃a岣�/
durgandham膩峁卻arudhiramed膩峁卻y膩lambana峁� mata峁�/
tatraiva k峁沵ip膩t膩dyamudd墨panamud膩h峁泃a峁�/
ni峁ａ弓h墨van膩syavalananetrsa峁卥ocan膩daya岣� /
anubh膩v膩statra mat膩stath膩 syurvyabhic膩ri峁嘺岣�/
moho鈥檖asm膩ra 膩vego vy膩dhisca mara峁嚹乨aya岣�//
S膩hityadarpa峁嘺., III. 239-241
[2]:
补蝉迟谤补峁� 辫补濒补峁� ca samameva paca帽艣av膩n膩峁� yastatk峁峁嘺峁� prayuyuje suhut膩艣ano鈥檔ai岣�/
h峁涐梗yatpi艣膩carajan墨carp奴tan膩n膩m奴r墨cak膩ra sa mah膩nasavahnik峁泃ya峁�//
艢r墨ka峁囜弓hacarita., XXIII. 38
[3]:
Ibid., XXIII. 45
[4]:
Ibid., XXIII. 54
[5]:
Ibid., XXIV. 4
[6]:
Ibid., XXIV. 18
[7]:
Ibid., XXIV. 19
[8]:
Ibid., XXIV. 29
[9]:
迟谤颈诲颈惫补测耻惫补迟颈谤耻诲测补迟蝉补峁僷谤补丑腻谤腻产丑颈尘耻办丑测补-辫谤补惫补蝉补诲补蝉耻尘补苍补濒辫补辫谤别尘补办补濒濒辞濒颈迟腻辫颈/
kamapi kila kabandh墨bh奴tamujjh膩峁僣ak膩ra vyadhikara峁嘺mvety膩li峁単ana峁� cumbana峁� ca//
Ibid., XXIII. 40
[10]:
Ibid., XXIII. 41
[11]:
惫腻蝉补岣� 办峁泃迟颈产丑颈谤腻蝉补惫补rdhiras峁沯膩 l墨l膩vada峁兣沘岣� palairmukt膩bhi岣� ka峁璦janmabhi艣ca dayit膩lokastan膩la峁僰峁泃i岣�/
ki峁� ki峁� netthamasidhyadudyatam峁沝holl膩se ni艣膩c膩ri峁嚹乵anyonyaprahit膩mar膩sura艣arasragd膩ryam膩峁嘺irgajai岣�//
Ibid., XXIII. 45
[12]:
Ibid., XXIII. 54