Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥榙ifferent Schools of Sanskrit Poetics (Introduction)鈥� of the English study on the Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara: a poetical encyclopedia from the 9th century dealing with the ancient Indian science of poetics and rhetoric (also know as alankara-shastra). The Kavya-mimamsa is written in eighteen chapters representing an educational framework for the poet (kavi) and instructs him in the science of applied poetics for the sake of making literature and poetry (kavya).
The different Schools of Sanskrit Poetics (Introduction)
In the history of Sanskrit Poetics there are six major schools, which are in a chronological order are kept under the visions of Rasa, 础濒补峁僰腻谤补, 搁墨迟颈, Dhavni, Vakrokti, and Aucitya School.
Due to the different opinions regarding 办腻惫测腻蝉测腻迟尘腻 (soul of poetry) [=办腻惫测腻迟尘腻?] they are being divided into six different schools. i.e.
- Rasa School,
- 础濒补峁僰腻谤补 School,
- 搁墨迟颈 School,
- Dhvani School,
- Vakrokti School,
- Aucitya School.
It is true that every school does not stand contrary to other schools but they are fulfilling each other. In the vision of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 is having a self realization theory of his own, where he propagated by the ancient 腻肠腻谤测补蝉 views of his times. 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 have tried to present it in a special shape of all the previous thinkers and established his own realizations. For an example, rasa is accepted by almost all the 腻肠腻谤测补蝉 and the essence of vakrokti was accepted by the 叠丑腻尘补丑补蝉, but Kuntakas provided it the large scope and gives highest position. Though 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍 is accepted as the chief 腻肠腻谤测补 of Dhvani School, but he also has given immense importance to rasa-dhvani. Even he (膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍) has not neglected the importance of 补濒补峁僰腻谤补, moreover he has accepted it as a 补濒补峁僰腻谤补-dhvani.
In his Dhvany膩loka he recognized the 补濒补峁僰腻谤补s by the saying:
鈥�tatra 惫腻肠测补: prasiddho ya: 辫谤补办腻谤补颈谤耻辫补尘腻诲颈产丑颈岣� |
产补丑耻诲丑腻 vy膩k峁泃a : so'nya: k膩vyalak峁峁嘺vidh膩yibhi岣� | tato nehapratanyate || 鈥�- Dhvany膩loka of 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍a: I/ 3
Means:
鈥淥f these, the denotative meaning which is well known has been variously through varieties (figure of speech) like 鈥楽imile鈥� etc. by other rhetoricians, so it is not discussed here at length. However it was discussed by the ancient earlier rhetoricians so he does not elaborated it too much.鈥�
In this way, 膧苍补诲补产补谤诲丑补苍补 has also delineated the essence of Aucitya by saying:
鈥�anaucity膩d峁泃en膩nyat rasabha峁単asya k膩ra峁嘺m |
prasiddhaucityavandhasttu rasasyopani峁t 辫补谤腻 || 鈥�- Dhvany膩loka of 膧苍补苍诲补惫补谤诲丑补苍a: III/ 30
Means:
鈥淭here is no other ground for causing handicap against aesthetic realization than the sense of impropriety. The key to aesthetic realization lies in acting up to the letter and spirit of the creed of propriety.鈥�
From this concept of Aucity, further 碍峁别苍诲谤补 has flourished the essence of Aucitya in his work 础耻肠颈迟测补惫颈肠腻谤补肠补谤肠腻. In this chapter we can discussed and compared of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 view regarding every Schools of Sanskrit Poetics.