Kavyanushasana Critical Study

SR No.: 001713
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 558
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Kavya
File Size: 10 MB

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Recapitulation of the Four. Powers of Word
The next Sutra (1. 20) is about the various processes of the four different senses. This we have already seen in connection with the previous discussion of the Sabdarthas. We may recapitulate by stating that Abhidhā is a process of direct sense which depends on convention or Sarketa. It deals with the primary sense. But Gauņi and Lakşaņā processes are nothing but the power to indicate a sense. And both of them rely on the three prerequisites, viz. Mukhyārthabādha, Nimitta or Sambandha and Prayojana. But Vyañjakatvam or Vyañjana is the power by which some suggested inner sense is yielded with the adeptness of the person in understanding both the Vācya and the Laksya senses. Hemachandra Ignores the Drift-Power
It is to be noted that Hemachandra totally ignores in the main text of his work the Tātparyavrtti which is treated of by Mammata and others. This Vịtti is important as it determines the inter-connection between words in a sentence. In other words, Tātparyavștti and Tātparyārtha or Väkyārtha should have found scope here. But Hemachandra clarifies that since Tātparyārtha etc. are connected with a sentence in the direct sense and as such form part and parcel of the Abhidhā, hence no separate treatment of the purport-power or the purport-sense is given. However, we know that he has quoted passages from the Kavyaprakasa to supplement the body of the Kävyānuśāsan text wherein this topic has incidentally figured. We have covered it in detail.
The concepts of Abhidhā, Gauni and Lakşaņā as well as of Vyañjanā are explained in our text wholly in terms of the definitions provided by Abhinavagupta in Locana under Dhvanyāloka, Udyota I, Kārikā 4. So far as Tātparyasakti is concerned, Hemachandra clearly states that, normally, Tātparyasakti, the cause of Anvayapratipatti or understanding the connection of words, should follow the treatment of Abhidha and there is also the Tātparyārtha or Vākyārtha which is related to the
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