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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana

by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words

Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...

विशे�-परिवृत्त� विशेषेऽविशेष�. यथ�, यान्ति नी�-निचोलिन्यो रजनीष्व् अभिसारिकाः. अत्र तमिस्रास्व� इत� रजनी-विशेषो वाच्यः.

śṣa-parivṛtto viśeṣe'śṣa�. yathā, Գپ ī-nicolinyo rajanīṣv 󾱲�. atra tamisrāsv iti rajanī-viśeṣo vācya�.

(14) The fault called śṣa-貹ṛtٲ (too general) means viśeṣe aśṣa (a generality when a particular instance should be stated). For example: Գپ ī-nicolinyo rajanīṣv 󾱲�. “During the nights, the women, wearing dark shawls, go on a tryst.� Here a particular kind of night should have been stated: “on pitch-black Ծٲ.� (󾱳ٲⲹ-岹貹ṇa 7.12)

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