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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The verse No. 108 alludes to the identity of the twelve Adityas or Suns. The verse (109) following this verse illustrates the synonymity of the different names of Lord Visnu. But the verse (109) has a double meaning - one, applying to Lord Siva and another to Lord Visņu. The next verse (110) in the first part alludes to the identity of Damodara and Madhava and in the second part Lakṣmi, the goddess of wealth, is shown to be identical with Pṛthvi and Sampad as the wealth in the houses of the Lord's devotees. The next verse (111) refers to Vasuki, the Nagraja who is not defferent from the serpent which Lord Siva wears aroand his neck as an ornament. The next verse (112) depicts the ocean both as the milky ocean or Kṣirasamudra in which the Lord of the world resides and from which the goddess of wealth arises, and as Kṣārasamudra or the salty ocean in which the thirst of creatures can not even be quenched!
Pointing out the sameness of the sea as well as the ocean, the next verse (113) mentions the river Ganga as the beloved of the seven seas. Finally, on the question of identity of different objects and names in the field of conventional poetry, the author winds up the discussion on this aspect of Niyama as a poetic convention by illustrating the identity of the Daityas, the Danavas and the Asuras with passages (114, 115, 116, 117 and 118) selected from well-known Sanskrit classics. The Kadambari of Baṇa, for instance, explains the three terms and then points out their identity in a verse wherein Bāṇasura, though he belongs to the race of the Daityas is called an Asura, even though he is a Daitya. Hayagriva, despite the fact that he is an Asura, is described as a Daitya in verse 116. The same Hayagriva, though an Asura is called Danavādhipati in verse 117. Finally, in verse 118, all the different Danavas, Daityas and Asuras are dascribed by the term Asura, thus leaving no doubt in our minds that all of these terms mean one and the same race.
Now, according to the second interpretation of Niyama,
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