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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from the Ārhata or Jain Philosophy, a statement regarding the Jain doctrine that the soul is of the same size as the body and quotes a verse, which utilises this doctrine though, frankly, in a different context. The Buddhist doctrine of prior intention in language (Vivakṣā) is again exemplified in a rather strange context. As for the materialistic doctrine which denies any sentient principle and admits only matter, the poetic proficiency of such a doctrine is iliustrated in a verse wherein a believer in the existence of a sentient self in the body is mocked, But the two illustrations of the Sānkhya and the Nyāyavaiseșika doctrines are taken from the Bhagvadgitā (2.16) and the sivamahimnastotra (5) respectively, and they constitute very appropriate examples indeed. The Sānkhya doctrine of Satkāryavāda and the Nyāyavaiseșika doctrine of the inscrutable nature of the lord and his boundless power have both found a most effective and moving expression in these verses. However, there is a another, equally effective four-line stanza to illustrate the Sāňkhya doctrine of the all-prevading nature of Prakști (Viveka-18).
The Technical Sciences
Among the other technical science, Hemachandra illustrates Dramaturgy, the science of Polity and the psychological science of Yoga. Bhatta Sri Sivaswamin's Invocatory verse serves to bring out all the salient teatures of the theory of Drama as laid down by the sage Bharata. The whole of the Mudrārākşasa play of Višākhadatta examplifies the artistic use of the principles of the science of Polity. The Kuttanimatam of Damodaragupta is a work on Erotics. Hence it provides Hemachandra with an apt observation on Erotics couched in poetic parlance. An example of Yoga philosophy of 'turning the search-light inwards' has bees extracted from the Citrabhāratanāțaka.
The gloss on "Sāstra" (K.A.S.I. 8 ff) ends in Ādi which means 'et cetera'. According to Hemacachandra, this is meant to include other Šāstras also. They are the science of medicine,