Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study)
by Debabrata Barai | 2014 | 105,667 words
This page relates 鈥楶oetic conventions regarding to the Naga and Sarpa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 7.19 - Poetic conventions regarding to the 狈腻驳补 and Sarpa
In poetic convention, the description of 狈腻驳补 and Sarpa is considered as identical.
In ancient times snakes are divided into two groups i.e.
- N腻驳补 and
- Sarpa.
The snakes are adorn the crest lock of Lord 艢颈惫补 are Sarpas and the snakes like 艢别峁, 痴腻蝉耻办颈 etc. are considered as 狈腻驳补.
In the K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 illustrate this as:
鈥�he n腻驳补r膩ja bapumasya nitambabh腻驳补峁� bh膩gena g膩岣峢amabhive峁ａ弓aya mand膩r膩dro岣� |
so岣峢膩vi峁hyav峁涐梗av膩hanayogal墨l膩parya峁卥abandhanavidhestava ko'tibh膩ra岣� || 鈥�- K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: Ch-XVI, Pp- 88
Here, this 艣濒辞办补 brought the identity between 狈腻驳补 and Sarpa.
These are the 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补鈥檚 view about various poetic conventions. However the follower 腻濒补峁僰腻谤颈办补蝉 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补 does not agree with his 厂惫补谤驳墨测补 and 笔腻迟腻濒墨测补 poetic conventions, but he was the pioneer of poetic conventions. Therefore in the last of his description about poetic convention he also advices the poets that, they should imagine about other differences themselves.
Thus the kavi-samaya (poetic convention) which seems to be sleep in poetic conventions has been reawakened to out intellect.
C.f.
鈥�so'ya峁� kav墨n膩峁� 蝉补尘补测补岣� 办腻惫测别 supta iva 蝉迟丑颈迟补岣� |
sa s膩mpratamih膩smabhiryath膩buddhi vibodhita岣� || 鈥�- K膩vyam墨m膩峁僺膩 of 搁腻箩补艣别办丑补谤补: Ch-XVI, Pp- 89