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Prauḍha. But the Mugdha is so young and inexperienced that she does not know how to express her anger; she only knows how to weep. Therefore, she is of one type only.
The Madhya as well as the Prauḍha can be of six types. as seen above. Both again are either Jyeṣṭhā or Kaniṣṭhā i.e., Senior or Junior in point of enjoying the husband's favours. Thus there are twelve varieties of the Sviya, Madhya and Prauḍha types. Add to it the one type of Mugdha. And we have thirteen varieties of the Svakiya type.
The Concept of Parakiyā
The Parakiya may be another's wife or a maiden (VII. 28). But she is not helpful in a principal Rasa (as per orthodox poetic theorists), hence, Hemachandra says, her divisions etc. are not given in a detailed manner here. Again, the word Udha (married) is a sign of identification. For, even a keep is called Parastri. 202 But so far as the Kanya (Parakiya) is concerned, she, being under the control of her father etc., is called Anyastri (another's woman), though unmarried. Dhanika remarks that she may either be unobtainable from her father, or she may be obtainable. In either case she is in another's. custody (or, may be, one is afraid of one's wife) so the love affair with a Kanya is always a clendestine one, as Madhava's love for Malati and Vatsaraja's love for Sagarika. Of course, the poet is free to depict her love either in a principal Rasa or in a subsidiary Rasa. 20 3
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Ganika is the Samanya Nayikā (VII. 29), 204 Hemachandra explains the word Gaṇikā by means of a rather fanciful derivation of the word: "Kalaprāgalbhyadhaurtyabhyam gaṇayati kalayati Gaṇikā." That is to say: "A woman who attracts (Gaṇayati-Kalayati) men by her proficiency in fine arts (Kalaprāgalbhya) and by her cunning. Ganika is, more naturally or properly, 'a woman common to a Gaṇa or a congregation or a mass of people.' For, anybody can approach her and buy her love. Samanya is explained as common to all, whether a good man or a bad man, a refined man or an
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| SR No. | 001713 |
| Book Title | Kavyanushasana Critical Study |
| 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 |