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 chief one. The Avaloka (pp. 156, Edn. Adyar, ibid) observes : "anayor nāțakaprakaranayoḥ bandhayogān nāțīsamjñayā āśrite dve kāvye staḥ. tayor ekaḥ prabandhabhedaḥ prakhyātaḥ. itarastv aprakhyāta iti tam bhāratiyam ślokam vyācakşāņāḥ nātikā-vyatirekena kecit prakaranikām api manyante. ... etc. But A.bh. mentions it and Vägbhasa (II) in his Kāvyānuśāsana (pp. 18) mentions it as : "evam prakaraṇabhedāt prakaraṇikā’pi vijñeyā.” “sattako'pi kaiścid uktah.”
The N.D. (= Nātyadarpaņa of Rāmacandra and Gunacandra) and the S.D. (of Viśvanātha) also mention this art-form. The Visnudharmottara-purāna, III. 17. mentions 'prakarani' with ‘nātikā', thus making the total number of rūpakas as twelve.
Vardhamāna (A.D. 1140) in his Gunaratna-mahodadhi takes Bharata's āryā as allowing two derivative types, a prakhyāta type called nāți and an aprakhyāta type called 'prakarani.
“nātī-samjñayā dve kāvye. eko bhedaḥ prakhyāto nātikā”khyaḥ. itaras tvaprakhyātaḥ prakaraṇikā-samjñaḥ. tathā ca -
"anayoś ca bandhayogād eko bhedaḥ prayoktbhir jñeyaḥ, prakhyātas tv itaro vā
nāļī-samjñā”śrite kāvye.” (N.S. XX. 60-61, kāśi Edn.) There is no Abh. on this verse. Perhaps Abhinavagupta did not read this verse in the ms. of the N.S. he had before him, observes Dr. Raghavan. The G.O.S. Edn. (O. I. Vadodara N.S. : II. '34) pp. 434 reads this verse as (XIX. 57) -
"anayośca bandhayogād * anyo bhedaḥ prayoktņbhiḥ* kāryaḥ * prakhyātastv itaro vā
* nāțakayoge prakarane vā.” The footnote supplies following alternate readings respectively :
* eko; * jñeyaḥ; * pratyākhyātastvitaro and * nāți-samjñā”śrite kāvye. The first, second and fourth readings are seen in Dr. Raghavan's quotation. But
atyākhyātasty itaro” is not read. It means, "the other one which is rejected.” Perhaps Bharata did not welcome 'prakaranī as a sub-variety.
Abhinavagupta, however in his Locana suggests his knowledge of 'prakaraṇikā' when he observes : “abhineyártham daśarūpakam nātikā-toțaka-rāsaka-prakaranikā