The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa
by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words
This page relates 鈥淎lamkara (30): Vyaghata or frustration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 5ad - Ala峁僰膩ra (30): 痴测腻驳丑腻迟补 or frustration
If a certain thing, which is done by one man by a certain means, is undone by another by the same means, there is 痴测腻驳丑腻迟补[1] or frustration. In the verse, 测补诲耻惫腻丑补 惫补辫耻蝉迟补诲腻[2]鈥︹赌�., it has been stated that Lord 艢颈惫补 considers 笔腻谤惫补迟墨 as to be adorned by many ornaments. While indulging Herself too much in the swinging sport, 笔腻谤惫补迟墨鈥檚 ornaments broken or slipped off, but Her own natural beauty comes to light, noticing that Lord 艢颈惫补 found Her more decorated by onaments. Hence, it is an instance of 痴测腻驳丑腻迟补. Another example of this figure noticed in the 艢谤墨办补峁囜弓丑补肠补谤颈迟补鈥�mudhaiva 惫腻诲丑补峁�[3] 鈥︹赌�.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
vy膩gh膩ta岣� sa tu ken膩pi vastu yena yath膩 k峁泃a峁�/
tenaiva cedup膩yena kurute鈥檔yastadanyath膩/
saukarye峁嘺 ca k膩ryasya viruddha峁� kriyate yadi// S膩hityadarpa峁嘺., X. 74-75
[2]:
艢谤墨办补峁囜弓丑补肠补谤颈迟补., VIII. 10
[3]:
Ibid., XI. 63