Alankar Kaustubh

Author(s): Ravishankar Nagar
Publisher: Parimal Publications

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(II)-Ed. by Kedarnath & Wasudeva Laxman Shastri : Nirnaya Sagar Press, 1906.
(III)-Ed. by Haridasa Sharma, Vṛndāvana, 1957.
(c) (1) Alamkara Kaustubha-a work on poetics. It was published with the commentary of Viśvanatha Cakravartin from Murshidabad in 1899 in Bengali characters. SivaPrasad Bhattacharya also edited Alamkāra Kaustubha with an anonymous commentary with his own glass. Varendra Research Society, Rajshahi published it in Deva Nagri character in 1923.
(II)-Ed. Puridasa, Vṛndāvana 1955 (Bengali Script.)
Commentaries. S.K. De in H.S.P. (P.257) gives the list of commentaries on Alaṁkāra Kaustubha as follows:
(1) Sara-Boddin? by Viśvanatha Cakravartin.
(2) Tipant by Sarvabhauma, pupil of Cakravartin.
(3) Ddhiti prakāśika by Vṛndāvanacandra Tarkālamkāra Cakravartin, son of Radha-Carana Kavindra Cakravartin.
(4) Tika by Lokanatha Cakravartin.
Among the Vaiṣṇava works on Sanskrit Poetics the Alamkāra Kaustubha of Kavi-Karṇapura has been held in high esteem as is evident from the following verse composed in its honour wherein the Alaṁkāra Kaustubha is compared with the Kaustubha jewel which is gracefully worn by Lord śrī Kṛṣṇa on his chest. The verse says.
श्रीमतः कर्णपूरस्य चरणावनिशं भजे | निर्मितः कृष्णकण्ठार्हो येनालंकारकौस्तुभः ।।
The work is very comprehensive in nature and deals with in ten Kiranas all the important topics of Sanskrit Poetics except dramaturgy. 1. Kavya Samagri 2. Sabdartha
3. Dhvani
6. Guņas 10. Doșa.
4. Guṇibhutavyaňgya 5. Rasa-Bhavatadbheda 7. Sabdalaṁkāras 8. Arthālaṁkāras 9. Riti