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 caritam vicitram anyat
sópakathā, citralekhā”di.” (pp. 469, ibid) When a poet portrays a beautiful character based on a very famous another kathā we get 'upakathā'. The illustration is "Citralekhā”. It is not clear whether Citralekhā is a separate composition or a chapter or a section of another work, notes Dr. Raghavan. But the way Bhoja has drafted the definition of upakathā, we carry an impression that it is supposed to be an independent type concentrating just on a sigle character portrayed in a famous larger work. This type seems to come closer to 'upākhyāna' as seen in the Mahābhārata.
Brhatkathā for Bhoja is an independent type of literature but both Bhāmaha and Dandin take it as identical with 'katha' only. For Bhoja Brhatkathā is divided into 'lambhas', has for its theme something extraordinary and is written in Paisāchi. The theme is on a very broad canvas. (mahā-visaya) :
"lambhánkitā'dbhutárthā piśāca-bhāṣāmayi mahā-visayā, naravāhanadattā"descaritam iva
bịhatkathā bhavati." (pp. 470, ibid) Bhoja seems to accept "adbhutártha", a feature from Dandin I. 38. Dandin names the chapters either as lambha or ucсhvāsa, but Bhoja has only "lambha”. 'Campū.' is defined by Bhoja as,
"ākhyāyikaiva sānkā socchvāsā divya-gadya-padya-mayi, sā, damayanti vāsavadatā”di
iha ucyate campūh.” Campū is in prose and verse and is the same as i.e. is like ākhyāyikā. Thus campū also has divisions into ucchvāsas and is having an ‘anka' or 'mark'. Perhaps this is like the 'śrī - mark in Māgha. Hemacandra supports this explanation : (pp. 366, Edn. Dr. Nandi, Ahd. Pub. L. D. Inst. of Indology, Jun. 2000) - gadyapadyamayi sáňkā sócchvāsā campūḥ. (Kā. śā. VIII. 9) : samskrtābhyām gadyapadyābhyām racitā, abhiprāyeņa yāny ankāni sva-nāmnā para-nāmnā vā kavih karoti, tair yuktā, ucсhvāsa-nibaddhā campūḥ.
yathā vāsavadattā, damayanti vā. Hemacandra also offers the same illustrations as Bhoja. Obviously he is under Bhoja's influence.