Abhidha

Author(s): Tapasvi Nandi, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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variety by "rathānga-nāma', 'pankti-rathaḥ' etc. Then he gives poetic illustrations which for us are charged with vyañjanā also, a name which he does not mention. For example in, “parimlānam pina-stana.".... etc. We have 'vadati bisinī-patra-sayanam'. Bhoja has a note (pp. 237, ibid) : “atra vadati iti anena upacāra-vịttyā jñāpayati iti, parimlānam ityādibhiḥ taddharmaiḥ tanu-sanniveśa-cărutvotkarso laksyate.” Mammața has quoted this verse as an illustration of prasāda-guna (K. P. VIII), while Anandavardhana, under Dhv. I. 14, takes it as an illustration of ‘upacaritaśabda-vịtti'. Says he, “yatra hi vyañjakatva-kstam mahat-sansthavam nāśti tatrā'pi upacarita-śabda-vsttyā prasiddhyanurodha-pravartita-vyavahārāḥ kavayo dịśyante. Read Abhinavagupta (Locana, pp. 82, Edn. Dr. Nandi) on this - "vayam tu brūmaḥ - prasiddhyām prayojanasya a-nighūdhatā ityarthaḥ urtānena api rūpena, tat-prayojanam cakāsan nighūdhatā nidhānavad apeksate iti bhāvah.” Bhoja also cites the verse : 'niśvāsändha ivādarśaḥ candramā na prakāśate and adds (pp. 237, ibid) "atra yathā andhe rupa-višesābhivyaktir na sambhāvyate, evam tamasi api... yo rūpagrahaņāsamarthaḥ sóndha ucyate. tatra upacarita-vịttau yo'andhavat na paśyati sa evāndha iti ucyate. iha yatra kimcit na dřśyate tatrā'pi andha-sabdopalaksita-laksanayā pravartate. We know that Anandavardhana cites this verse (Dhv. II. i) as an illustration of atyanta-tiraskrta-vācyadhvani. With this we come to the end of Bhoja's concept of abhidhā, which includes mukhyā (i. e. abhidhā proper), gaunī and laksanā. Bhoja as observed earlier does not treat it as a special topic as is done by ālamkārikas of the Kashmir school of thought, but it falls under the twelve types of 'sāhitya' or relation of word and meaning in general, and of course as his illustrations suggest, with a special reference to the poetic use of word and meaning also.
With this Bhoja's treatment of abhidhā is screened.