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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa

by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words

This page relates “Alamkara (15): Virodhabhasa or contradiction� 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 5o - Alaṃkāra (15): վǻ or contradiction

When there is an apparent incongruity between a genus and any of the four beginning with genus (پ, ṇa, and dravya), between a quality and any of the three beginning with quality, between an action and another action or substance, or between two substances, there is Virodha[1], which has thus, ten varieties. In the verse, ye tasthurudyānapathe’tivelamanelamūkā�[2] …�., the poet expresses incongruity in the behaviour of the cuckoo, who is, as if, unable even to make sound or listen in the winter, makes sweet sound and behaves like a scholar in the spring season. This is an apparent contradiction; therefore, this is a case of վǻ. Some other examples of this figure, found in the Śī첹ṇṭ󲹳ٲ are′󾱱ṛṇī kautukatantu[3] …�, dhatte 屹󾱱貹ܱ貹ⲹᾱ屹�[4] �.., ⲹṃśa� 첹첹[5] …�, śṣaⲹ ⲹٱṇaṛt[6] …�, ⲹٲԳī󾱰辱 ūپ[7] …�, yo 󾱲ī� ܳԲ�[8] …�., svaya� babhrurbibhradviṣama[9] …�.., also VI. 14, 31, 38; VIII. 10, 20, 25, 29; X. 27; XII. 71; XX. 14, 26, 63.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

پścaturbhirjātyādyairguṇo guṇādibhistribhi�//
dravyābhyā� yad dravya� dravyeṇa vā mitha�/
viruddhameva bhāseta virodho’sau daśākṛti�// Sāhityadarpaṇa., X. 67-68

[2]:

ye tasthurudyānapathe’tivelamanelamūkā� śiśire’nyapuṣṭā�/
ṛtukṣitīśasya ta eva citramāsthānavidyāpatayo babhūvu�// Śī첹ṇṭ󲹳ٲ., VI. 10

[3]:

Ibid., III. 10

[4]:

Ibid., V. 22

[5]:

Ibid., V. 43

[6]:

Ibid., V. 44

[7]:

Ibid., V. 45

[8]:

Ibid., V. 47

[9]:

Ibid., V. 53

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