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 grammarians are held in very high esteem by the alamkārikas. Ānandavardhana, under Dhv. I. 13 observed : "sūribhiḥ kathitaḥ' iti vidvad upajñeyam uktih; na tu yathā-katañcit pravstteti pratipādyate. prathame hi vidvāmsaḥ vaiyākaranāḥ, vyākaranamülatvāt sarva-vidyānam. te ca śrüyamāneșu varneșu dhvanir iti vyavaharanti. tathaivā'nyais tanmatánusāribhiḥ sūribhiḥ, kāvyatatrvártha-darsibhiḥ vācya-vācaka-sammiśraḥ, śabdātmā kāvyam iti vyapadesyo vyañjakatva-sāmyāddhvanir ity uktah.”
"The expression, 'is designated by the learned', brings out the fact that this designation was first devised by the learned and that it has not gained currency in a haphazard fashion. The formost among the learned are grammarians because grammar lies at the root of all studies. They indeed refer to articulate letters by the term 'DHVANI' or 'suggester'. In the same way, since the element of suggestion is common (to both), not only the word and its meaning, but its essential verbal power and also that which is usually referred to by the term poetry, has been given the same designation, viz. DHVANI by other learned men whose insight into the fundamental truth about poetry is profound and who are followers of principles laid down by grammarians.” (Trans. K. Kri. pp. 27, 29, ibid)
On this, Abhinavagupta in his Locana, elaborates with apt quotations from Bhartphari. He observes : (pp. 75, 76, Edn. Nandi) śrüyamāņeşv iti. śrotraśaskulīm santānena āgatā antyāḥ śabdāḥ śrūyante iti prakriyāyām sabdajāḥ śabdāḥ śrūyamāņā iti uktam. teşām ghanțánuranana-rūpatvam tāvad asti, te ca dhvaniśabdena uktāḥ. yathā āha, bhagavān bhartȚhariḥ -
“yaḥ samyoga-vibhāgābhyām karañair upajanyate, sa sphoțaḥ, śabdajāḥ śabdāḥ
dhvanayónyair udāhstāḥ.” - iti. evam ghantā-nirhāda-sthānīyo'nukaraņā”tmópalakṣito vyangyópyartho dhvanir iti vyavahstaḥ. tathā śrūyamāņā ye varņāḥ nāda-śabda-vācyā antya-buddhinirgrāhya-sphoțábhivyañjakās te dhvaniśabdena uktāḥ. yathā'ha bhagavān sa eva -
“pratyayair anupākhyātair (anupākhyeyaih) grahaņānuguņais tathā, dhvani-prakāśite śabde svarūpam avadhāryate." - iti.