Sahrdayaloka Part 02

SR No.: 006909
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tapasvi Nandi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 642
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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SAHRDAYĀLOKA Then, he further observes :
yasyām upahāsaḥ syāt purohitámātya-tāpasā"dīnām, prārabdha-a-nirvāhe
sápi hi manthullikā bhavati." We will go to see that Hemacandra reads 'Matallikā'. In the quotations cited as above, Bhoja seems to record two different concepts of Manthulli, current in literary criticism. According to one view, it is a short story written in Mahārāśtri Prakrta and illustrations cited are 'Gorocanā' and 'Anangavati', now, only names to us. The second view regards Manthullikā to be a type with 'hāsya' or laughter as the dominant sentiment. In this the purohitas or (royal) dharma-gurus, amātyas or ministers, tāpasas or ascetics are made a butt of laughter as they do not complete an act they have started i.e. for, "prārabdha a-nirvāha." Bhoja does not cite any illustration for this, but the Śr. Pra. Vol. I. pp. 122 also refers to this as : "tad etad (gadyam) trividham api ākhyāyikāsu, kathāsu, madhụ-mallikādiņu (=. mattamallikāsu) dịśyate. We will go to see that Sāradātanaya takes this type as identical with an upa-rūpaka called 'durmallikā’. He actually places the verses of Bhoja concerning Manthulli under durmallikā. Maņikulyā is defined by Bhoja as :
“manikulyāyām jalam iva na laksyate yatra pūrvato vastu, paścāt prakāśate,
sā maņikulyā, matsya-hasitā’di.” So, this is a type in which actually the story or theme is not clear in the beginning but comes to light at a later stage as in “Matsya-hasita”. Actually no independent work under this title is known to the world of scholars, but in verses 16-28, in Lambhaka I, taranga V, of the Kathä-sarit-sāgara, there is a story at subordinate level which is termed "Matsya-hasita". The Sukasaptati has a longer story of the same motif of the laughter of the dead fish.
Parikathā, as seen above, was mentioned by Anandavardhana and Abhinavagupta. The Locana's concept is placed by us as above. But Bhoja defines it as :