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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since you are bodiless, how can Rati remain unhurt?), the lamentations of Rati are quite heart-rending.
Hemachandra adds by way of a comment in the Viveka (p. 110) that Vipralambha is tinged by sorrow - even in its Vyabhicāribhāvas. So he uses the word dit in the Sūtra (II. 5). This hints at the possibility of even death in Vipralambha, but the word TF is not mentioned as can be seen in the Verse - afteng aristia fit etc. (Raghu VIII. 95) which describes Mrti as a Vyabhicāribhāva (KAS 11. 52 ff. V. 157). Hence, a good writer-does not describe hij in a play (but only hints at it). in the above Verse, the third line helps imagine the Vibhāvas to avoid the obstacle of lack of clarity (प्रतीतिविश्रान्तिस्थानत्वTRETIZ). By the use of the word 'qa:: the same meaning comes out well. Or the act of immolation or suicide implies life, not death; it is easy to cite examples for it. So far as Unmada, Apasmāra and Vyādhi are concerned, the not-too-wretched condition of these should be displayed in a Kāvya or a play; but the worst condition should never in reality be shown - this is the opinion of the ancients (Vļodāh). We, however, say : "In such a situation when one despises one's life, the hope in the form of Rati through physical enjoyment is also shattered. only; hence there is no seope for the wretched condition.
Types of Vipralambha Śrgār
1. Abhilāşavipralambha (11. 6) is due (a) either to the freak of fortune or (b) to the dependence on others. The variety due to å, or freak of fortune is illustrated in the Verse (101)
CHET etc., cited from the Kumārasambhava (IV. 75) wherein we witnees Pārvati who saw that the desire of her father was frustrated and that her lovely form was useless, returned home overwhelmed by a sense of excessive shame.
2. The second variety of the Abhilāşavipralambha, due to dependence on others ( 722 ), is illustrated in the next
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