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Classification of Poetry
863 culture and low taste, asks for money (in return). After grabing some amount she becomes avaricious and asks for more money. This durmallika is also named matta-mallikā by others.
That also is termed matta-mallikā in which imaginary lack of activity in case of a project on hand of the office-bearers such as a minister or a purohita-a preceptor - or tāpasa i.e. an ascetic etc. is delineated. A trivial story ksudrakathā related in Mahārāśtra-bhāsā is also termed matta-mallikā. The line
"gorocane ca kāryā
anangavati bhāva-rasa-vidyā” is not clear. But 'gorocanā’ is explained by Monier-Williams, pp. 366 as, “a bright yellow orpiment prepared from the bile of cattle (employed in painting, dyeing, and in marking Tilaka on the forehead; in med. used as sedative” ... etc.) Thus perhaps 'anangavati is an illustration of a trivial story narrated on the occasion of preparing ‘gorocana' (or. nā.). Again 'bhāva-rasa-vidyā' also is not very clear. 'rasa-vidyā' could have something to do with rasāyana-vidyā, i.e. medicine. Anangavati is said to be 'bhāva-rasa-vidyā', which is a clumsy expression. May be it is full of bhāva, rasa and rasa-vidyā ! or, "having predominance of bhāva and rasa-vidyā.” We are not very clear about this.
The NLRK. has the following on this art-form - (pp. 302, 3, Edn. Babulal Shastri, ibid)
atha durmallikā. caturankā, garbha-samdhi-śūnyā. yathā bindumati. asyām ekā”nko vita-vilāsamayaḥ. dvitīyo viduşaka-vilāsamayaḥ. třtīyaḥ pithamardavilāsamayaḥ, caturthaḥ nāgara-vilāsamayaḥ. prathamas tu tri-nāļikaḥ, dvitīyaḥ pañca-nāļikaḥ, śeşau daśa-nādikau.
Obviously this seems to be the summary of Śāradātanaya's writing. But according to the NLRK., the fourth act is full of sporting activity of a nāgaraka, or a cultured citizen. Thus it is going to be grace and culture. Again the further details as read in BP. are also omitted here. They were seen in Bhoja and ND. also. The illustration cited is "bindumati". - The Sāhitya-darpana of Viśvanātha has the following:
S.D. calls it 'durmally S.D. VI. 303-305 read as,
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