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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Viveka Commentary (p. 10) that śikṣās also include Mahakāvyārthacarvaņā, Parakrtakavyapātha and so on, and they must be taught. What is Literary Borrowing or Dependence ?
Now, the concept of poetic conventions requires a thorough study of the Kāvyas of classical poets before they can be appropriately pressed into service in actual composition. While carefully going through well-known works of his predecessors, the apprentice cannot escape the influence of great poets. Thus he borrows from or depends upon, consciously or otherwise, the structure, style, thoughts, feelings, words, phrases, lines, etc., of his predecessors' works. This borrowing or dependence is described in Manuals meant for budding poets and they form a part of the training of a poet called Kavisiksā in Sanskrit. Hemachandra too attempts a fairly exhaustive exposition of this topic, though he is greatly indebted to two well-known works in the field, viz., the Kävyamimāṁsā (Chapters 11 and 12) of Rajasekhara and the Kavikanthabharaṇa of the Kashmirian polymath Ksemendra.
It will be seen that, while Hemachandra has included the topic of "Dependence in the form of a shadow and so on" by inserting the terms Chāyādi and Upajīvanādi in the Sūtra (1. 10) itself, there is further clarification of the concept of dependence or borrowing in the gloss. While he deals with the topic of Kavisamaya rather elaborately in the gloss, he relegates elaborate reference to Chāya or Upajīvana to the Tikā. However, as things stand, it appears that he (i) considered the topic to be a popular one, and (ii) that he has nothing much new to offer on the subject. Therefore he is content to relegate this topic to the super commentary (Viveka) wherein he closely follows Rājasekhara's Kavyamīmāṁsā and copiously draws upon the material readily available in that work. He has also utilised the Kavikanthābharaṇa of the Kashmirian polymath Ksemendra.
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