Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥業ncidental disadvantages of Kavi (poet) for writing Poetry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).
Part 5.7 - Incidental disadvantages of Kavi (poet) for writing Poetry
There 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 also gives certain impediment of poetic creation i.e. poverty, addiction of vices, social injustice, misfortune and belief in mischievous and odious persons.
There also five reasons in the destruction of poetical works:鈥�
- to think it should complete later on,
- it would fair out later on,
- after-words a discussion with friends,
- unsteadiness of the writer and
- political unrest or upheaval.
C.f.
鈥�d膩ridya峁� vyasan膩saktirava帽j膩 mandabh膩gyat膩 |
du峁ａ弓e dvi峁ａ弓e ca 惫颈艣惫腻蝉补岣� 辫补帽肠补 k膩vyamah膩pada岣� || 鈥� [ iti ]- K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: Ch-X, Pp- 53
A kavi (poet) may be stop his poetical composition for which may never materialize, for its revision, he may think that he would be discuss with his friends, the unsteady mind of the poet may itself be the culprit and a work may be destroyed by some major political upheavals.
C.f.
鈥�nik峁po vikrayo 诲腻苍补峁� 诲别艣补迟测腻驳辞'濒辫补箩墨惫颈迟腻 |
tru峁璱ko vahnirambha艣ca prabandhocchedahetava岣� || 鈥�- K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: Ch-X, Pp- 53