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distinct because Guņas are related to the human-being by Samavāyasambandha but Alamkāras are related to the same by Samyogasambandha, in Literature, however, both the Gunas and the Alamkāras stand associated with Poetry by Samavāya-- sambandha. This is an unrealistic distinction made by one (Udbhata) who is blindly following a wrong tradition which is unable to discern the real difference between the nature of Gunas and that of Alamkāras in Poetry. What Hemachandra. means by criticising Udbhata is that while he knows fully well from real life that Guna is a permanent qualify inherent in the soul of a man and Alaskāra is an appendage attached to the body by a mere external contact still he refuses to recognize the distinction between the two types of relations, viz., Samavāya and Samyoga, i. e. inherence and association which marks off Guņas from Alamkāras. This is nothing but blind faith in the tradition which militates against our own experience. From our experience of the world, it is quite clear that ornaments rest on the body only extetnally by Samyoga, and they have nothing to do with the soul of the person who wears them. Whereas Guņas are internal qullities of the soul which are inherent, Samavāya, in the nature of the person and cannot be discarded. Thus, the difference between the Gunas and the Alamkāras arises from the difference between their dwelling places (Aśraya). While the Gunas reside in the Atmā which is permanent and they inherently and permanently belong to it, the Alamkāras pertain to the Sarira which is impermanent and they non intimately and externally belong to it, the Alamkāras pertain to the rit which is impermanent and they non-intimately and externally belong to the body from which they can be removed or to which they can be added. The upshot of the above discussion, then, is that poets freely employ or discard Alamkāras in their compositions, but they cannot dispense with Gunas which belong to the Rasātmā. No doubt, Alamkāras. serve the inner--soul of a peom indirectly by enhancing the charm and indicating the beauty of the inner virtues of a poem;
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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 |