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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of being crushed in a close embrace of the lovers." Here the expressed sense of Utpreksā suggests the Vastu or idea that she cooperated with the lover in embracing closely. Now we have a verse (76) Tava vallabhasya. ... etc. i.e., "the lower lip of your lover was pale like the petal of a lotus", which conveys the expressed Rūpaka or metaphor, and "you have, it seems, repeatedly kissed him" - this is the suggested sense by way of an Alam kāra called Anumāna or Kavyalinga. It is an instance of Pade alamkāreņālamkārah. Now Väkye alamkāreņālamkārah is illustrated in verse (77) (Sa vaktum etc.) "He only can describe the entire range of virtues of Hayagrīva who can measure with pots the water of an ocean." (Why try to describe Hayagriva's qualities ? It is impossible to describe them.) Here, the figure Nidarśanā is expressed, and it suggests Akşepālaṁkāra. Some of the above verses are also cited in the Dhv. Al. under similar circumstances, and Hemachandra cites them here with the Locana.
Now the author explicates Arthasakti mūlavyangyavastudhvani in a Prabandha. The example is the same Grdhragomāyusaṁvāda cited by Mammața. The speeches given (verses 78, 79 & 80) constitute the Vācyārtha here. Here we have a Prabandha or group of verses on one subject. This passage is from the Mahābhārata (śāntiparvan ch. 152, v. 11a, 12a, v. 19 & 65). Here a vulture and a jackal try to outsmart eachother in order that they may get to eat the dead body of a boy. They want to create a situation where no one is present. So the suggested sense is the desire of these two animals to eat the dead body of the boy. It is well to remember that Ānandavardhana gives the example of the whole of the Mahābhārata as an illustration of a suggested sense in a Prabandha.
Hemachandra's Concern with True Aesthetics
In the course of illustrating the different varieties of Arthasaktimüla sub-type of Dhvani, Hemachandra has made comments of considerable aesthetic significance. We have noted his remarks about the rich poetic imagination lying at the
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