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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa

by Dhrubajit Sarma | 2015 | 94,519 words

This page relates “Guna (2): Ojah (Ojas)� 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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The state of being fired or, in other words, an expansion of the mind is termed as Oja� [Ojas] or energy.[1] Thus, it expresses the power of heart. Bharata also gives his view about Oja� in the ṭyśٰ.[2] 峾Բ is of the opinion that Oja� consists in harsh or tough composition.[3] ṭa is also of same opinion regarding Oja�.[4] Ѳṭa opines that Oja� is employed in a composition to delineate the ī. And though it is found normally in the heroic sentiment, however, along with this, it also exists successively higher in ī󲹳ٲ i.e. disgustful and Raudra i.e. furious.[5] վśٳ[6] also, in conformity with Ѳṭa, expresses similar thought regarding greater manifestation of Oja� in successive rasas in the heroic, the disgustful and the furious. վśٳ further relates that the first and third letters, joined with the second and fourth of any series, that is to say, with any of the aspirates, such letters as are combined with r preceding or following or both, the cerebrals ṭa, , ḍa and ḍh, even though uncombined with another consonant, and the hard sibilants ś and ṣa serve to manifest this Oja�, as also an ample use of compounds.[7]

As the poem has ī, as its main sentiment, Ѳṅk󲹰첹 uses mostly, the quality Oja�. Therefore, the Oja� is found in so many verses of the poem. As for example, in the past heroic deeds of Ś, such as destruction of Ҳܰ, Ի󲹰ܰ and others as well as in the bravery of other gods, the Oja� is found. There is a verse in canto XVI, wherein, there is Oja� in the description of Indra’s killing of demons with his thunder-bolt or vajra.[8] It is characterized by harsh and complex compounds, which is the very feature of Oja�. Again, in the preparation and marching of the troop for the destruction of the demons also, there is the quality Oja� or energy.[9] Oja� is also found delineated in ī󲹳ٲ[10] and Raudra[11] also, in the poem.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

ojaścittasya vistārarūpa� dīptatvamucyate/
Sāhityadarpaṇa., VIII. 4

[2]:

avgīto’pi hīno’pi syādudāttāvabhāvoka�/
yatra śbdārtha sampattistadoja� parikīrtita�// ṭyśٰ., XVII. 101

[3]:

gāḍhbandhatvamoja�/ Kāvyālaṃkārasūtravṛtti., III. 1. 5

[4]:

ojo gāḍhtā/
Kāvyālaṃkārasārasaṃgraha, VI, page 81

[5]:

dīptyātmavistṛterheturojo vīrarasasthiti/
bībhatsaraudrarasayostasyādhikya� krameṇa ca//
      Kāvyaprakāś., VIII. 69

[6]:

vīrabībhatsaraudreṣu krameṇādhikyamasya tu/ Sāhityadarpaṇa., VIII. 5

[7]:

vargasyādyatṛtīyābhyā� yuktau varṇau tadantimau uparyadho dvayorvā sarephaṣṭaṻdaḍhi� saha śkāraśca ṣakāraśca tasya vyañjakatā� gatā� tathā samāso bahulo ghaṭanauddhatyaśālinī/
Ibid., VIII. 5-6

[8]:

trasyedyasyekṣaṇadaśśtī vajraniṣpiṣyamāṇa-śliṣyadgarvāsuravaraśikhāratnareṇucchaṭābhya�/
yuddhe siddhānavadhivijayonmeṣa eṣo’nimeṣa-praṣṻstiṣṻtyavanataśirā� so’lamugra tvadagre//
     Śrīkaṇṻcarita., XVI. 28

[9]:

ūṇi󲹰ṇaṇaṇi󲹰ǰ�/
tai� purastādvicakare paṭavāso jayaśriya�//
     Ibid., XIX. 2

[10]:

pakvānāmapyanavadhimatā svapratāpānalena svargārīṇāṃ batabata vapurdurjara� medurāṇāṃ/
bibhraddīptā� rucimapi muhuryannigīryaiva śuṣmā dhūmodgārānkaṭukakaṭukānbhogirāja� sasarja// Ibid., XXIV. 29

[11]:

anyonyamardanarayāduditāsamoṣma-tāmrībhavadvidhṛtadhūmaśikhodgama� ca/
kasyāpi pāṇiyugala� svabhujapratāpa-vahnervinirgamanamārgamivācacakṣe// Ibid., XVIII. 5

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