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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or supreme joy or aesthetic rapture which everywhere ranks highest among all the aims of poetry. In fact, even the fame that a poet acquires, results in making the poet happy. Thus it is Joy or Bliss that matters most in a poetic experience. This is borne out by the experience of all the connoisseurs of art, viz. that, though they derive knowledge of the world from acquaintance with poetry, still their cheif object is to enjoy the pleasure of an aesthetic experience. For, if knowledge
ithout joy was favoured by a reader, why would the third aim of poetry, viz., the delectable advice in the manner of a beloved wife, find a place among the aims of poetry in preference to knowledge imparted by the Vedic commands and the Epic exhortation ? Again, even if Kavya helps one to achieve the fourfold goal or values of life by imparting Knowledge about it, the final aims or fruit thereof is Bliss which is another name for Supreme Joy. ( 2 ) Fame or the glory of the Poetic Art
Hemachandra declares that the second consequence of poetry is fame and it always accrues to the poet alone. It is the exclusive prerogative of the poet that by writing immortal pieces of literature, he should win lasting fame. Poets like Kālidāsa and others, though centuries have passed since they flourished and composed their works, are remembered and praised even to this day by appreciative readers and responsive critics. It is due to the glory of their poetic art that they have become immortal in the hearts of their readers. (3) Poetic Advice : Poetry teaches while it pleases
As for the third fruit of poetry, which consits in advice in the sweet manner of a beloved wife, Hemachandra gives a succinct exposition of the phrase 'Kāntātulyatayopadeśāya ca' in his gloss. He states that all advice or beneficial instruction is communicated in three different ways : (a) like a master, (b) like a friend and (c) like a beloved. The words of the Vedas, in which the word is important, express peremptory
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