Kavyanushasana Critical Study

Author(s): A N Upadhye
Publisher: A N Upadhye

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the concrete and efficient use of grammar, prosody, glossaries of words and dictionaries, Smrti literature, the Purana literature, History, the scriptures of the Shaiva and Buddhist faiths, Logic or philosophy of the Jainas, the Buddhists, materialists, the Samkhya and the Nyayavaiseṣika schools, Dramaturgy, Kautilya's Arthaśastra, Erotics, Science of Medicine, Astronomy, reatises on Elephants, Horses, Jewellary, Metallurgy, Gambling, Magic, Painting and Archery are given. Here the method adopted by the author is first to state a scientific principle and then to show how the essence of that principle is correctly and poetically applied in the verse. Poetry and the various Sciences
In most of the cases, the Viveka commentary defines and explains terms such as Sabdanuśāsanam, Chando'nuśāsanam, Abhidhanakosa etc. and points out its relevence to poetry before illustrating the poet's proficiency in the various arts and sciences. In order to make his point convincing and his exposition authentic as well as of immense practical values to the novice pupil, Hemachandra has selected his examples with care from well known sources. Moreover, in the course of his exposition of the gloss on the definition of Vyutpatti, particularly in the gloss on knowledge, the Viveka commentary contains significant remarks and comments. Thus, for instance, he illustrates Sabdanusasana by means of a well known couplet of Bhatta Muktikalaśa which contains the name of the six types of compounds (Samāsas) treated in the treatises on Grammar. Thus he illustrates the poet's proficiency in the subject of grammar though, in this particular verse, the words, Dvigu, Dvandva, Avyayibhāva, Tatpuruşa, Karmadharaya and Bahuvrihi are so used and constructed as to yield two senses, one, traditional grammatical sense and another poetically interesting but humurous sense. Another point to be noted in connection with his illustrations of the various sciences is that the author always introduces the illustration by explaining the meaning and utility of the science under
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