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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vyañjanännäparā kriya" i.e., "With reference to this fruit (for the apprehension of which Lakṣaṇā is resorted to), it is only understood from the (indicative) word alone. And here, i.e., with reference to the motive, there is no other process except suggestion."
Sabdaśaktimālā Vyañjanā Defined
Hemachandra therefore defines Sabdaśaktimula by saying that "When in a sentence, a word in its primary sense yields various meanings but on the strength of different factors such as association (ie, not , which means conjunction) etc., other senses are restricted (or rejected), and only two sense remain; the first is the primary sense and the other is called the Suggested sense." The word that has thus two senses and suggests some figure of speech or some inner sense, gives rise to Sabdaśaktimulavyangya. Similarly, when a word, by its power of indication (Lakṣaṇa) giving rise to an indicated sense (Lakṣyartha) suggests some figures of speech or some subtle idea after its Lakṣyartha, that sense is also called Sabdaśaktimulavyangya.
Abhidhāmālā and Lakṣaṇāmālā Vyañjanā
This Sabdaśaktimula is twofold one, based on Abhidha, is called Abhidhamula, and the other based on Lakṣaṇa is called Lakṣaṇamūla. Thus Vyañjanā is first divided into Sabdaniṣṭhā and Arthaniṣṭha and then Sabdaniṣṭha or Sabdi is sub-divided into Abhidhamula and Lakṣaṇamula. As Pradipakāra puts it: "Sa (Vyañjana) ca dvedha: sabdaniṣṭha arthaniṣṭha ca. Adya tu dvedha: abhidhāmālā lakṣaṇāmula ca" (NSP. Ed. pp. 45-46). Here, clearly, Mammata is followed both by Hemachandra and Viśvanatha. Abhidhamula and Lakṣaṇāmula both are included under Sabdi or Sabdaśaktimūlāvyañjanā since Lakṣaṇa and Abhidha are both powers of a word.
Why Divide Vyañjanā into Śābdī and Arthi ?
Now, one may wonder why Sabda and Artha are conceived of as a distinct when for all practical purposes they are
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