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Classification of Poetry
831 All branches of knowledge are brought together in this type, under a single banner, the illustration being Bhoja's own Śr. Pra. Bhoja observes (pp. 470) :etasmin śrngāra-prakāśe suprakāśam eva. aśesa-śāstrártha-sampad upanişadām akhila-kalā-kāvyaucitya-kalpanā-rahasyānām ca sanniveśo dịśyate."
Dr. Raghavan observes : (pp. 630, ibid): “In a way it can be said that Bhoja's claims are not vain. He has spoken of the tenets of every system of thought in this 'magnam opus' of his. This can be realised fully by turning to the chapter in this thesis on Bhoja's śāstraic Discussions and Bhoja and the Šāstrakāras.”
Dr. Raghavan further observes (pp. 630, ibid) : “Bhoja could have easily multiplied the number of śāstra-kāvya varieties, had he not bound himself to the number 24, to be in symmetry with the twentyfour Drśya varieties. We do not find the osara Apabhramśa Kavya found in Dandin I. 37. Dandin I. 37 is quoted by Bhoja at the end of the chapter, but the third quarter of the verse - "Osarādir
ah" is changed to by him into "avaskandhāvya (dya) pabhrambah” (p. 449, Vol. II. Sr. Pra. = here. pp. 480, Josyer). We do not know whether Dandin's Osara and Bhoja's avaskandha-bandha are identical, Osara referring to the metre, (ft. n. - pp. 630 Raghavan : Osara is taken by Tarunavācaspati as the name of this type of composition in Apabhramsa.) and Avaskandha to the chapter-division. He omits the Anibaddha in this context; we do not meet here with the Muktaka, Sandānitaka, Visesaka and Kulaka. But he mentions them in chapter VIII under the . head 'ekárthibhāva'. Here he mentions the Muktaka or the single verse with a unity, the Yugalaka which is a unit in two verses, the Sandānitaka in three verses and the Kulaka in five or more (p. 142, Vol. II. Śr. Pra.). (= p. 303, Edn. Josyer, Vol. I. Śr. Pra). Here Bhoja mentions also the Samghāta which is a collection on a single theme and the Kośa which is a collection of verses on various themes. Wekapraghatakópanibandhānām subhāṣitānām samūhaḥ samghātaḥ. anekapraghattakópanibaddhānām tu kośah." - Bhoja also omits the Kalāśraya-kāvya mentioned by Bhāmaha in I. 17. It is unnecessary for Bhoja to include here, his own theoretical treatise Śr. Pra., for he is dealing here with varieties of poetic composition. TI
is not a kāvya. He is considering here varieties of Laksya and not with Lakṣaṇa. Śr. Pra. is a Laksana. Šāstra-Kāvya, though Laksaņa, partakes of the nature of laksya, and hence can be included here. But works like the Śr. Pra. have no place here. If it is to be included, Bhoja might well have included here other types of śāstra-granthas like sūtra, vrtti, Bhāsya, Vārtika, Pañcikā, Samīksā, Tikä, etc. which Rajasekhara mentions and defines in his K.M. I. ii. p. 5.
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