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SAHRDAYĀLOKA We have discussed this type fully earlier when we looked into Bhoja's preksanaka (pp. 1532). Vilāsikā is a new type seen in the S.D. (VI. 301, 302). It is defined as -
śrngāra-bahulaikánkā dasa-läsyắnga-samyuta vidūsaka-vitābhyam ca pithamardena bhușitā. - VI. 301, S.D. hīnā garbha-vimarśābhyām sandhibhyām hinanāyakā, svalpa-vșttā sunepathyā
vikhyātā sā vilāsikā. - VI. 302, S.D. kecit tatra vilāsikā-sthāne vināyiketi pațhanti. tasyās tu 'durmallikāyām antarbhāva' ityanye. • This means that for Visvanātha vilāsikā is having srngāra as a predominent rasa. It is having a single act. It has all the ten angas of the lāsya. (Thus it is having graceful presentation). It is having vidusaka, vita and pithamarda in it. Garbha and vimarśa sandhis are missing in it and the hero is a lowly born. The theme is meragre, and the costumes are rich.
S.D. informs that some name it as vināyikā, and some put it under durmallika'. Actually we know that durmallikā has four acts with one each devoted to vita, vidūsaka, and pīthamarda, the fourth according to S.D. is devoted to the activity of a nāgaraka or a cultured person. May be vilāsikā looks like a shorter version, a oneact show, of this durmallikā, which shares a number of features read in the former.
Vilāsavati can also be compared to some description of bhānikā in the BP., which has Vināvati as an illustration. We have discussed this earlier. DR. Raghavan (pp. 572, ibid) observes that - "If Sāgaranandin made two separate varieties named bhāni and bhānikā, corresponding evidently to the bhāna and bhānikā of Sāradātanaya and others, Visvanātha gave an altogether new name Vilāsikā in the place of bhānī.” But we see that Vilāsikā is also closer to durmallika in the S.D. Now about șiągaka-Şingaka-Śilpaka
șiągaka is mentioned by A.bh. in the list of art-forms recognised by the Cirantanas. H. has singaka, so also Vāgbhata II has singaka, but Śā., and NLRK. have silpaka, with Viśvanātha also going for silpaka.
We discuss these art-forms together because may be they are different names of one and the same variety.
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