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'Classification of Poetry (Criticism Oriented)
1015 Ā. had observed that 'varnas' i.e. letters are also conducise to "rasa”. In this respect he observes at Dhv. III. 3-4.
"sa-sau sa-refa-samyogah dha-kāraś ca api bhūyasā, virodhinaḥ syuḥ śộngāre
te na varņā rasaścyutah.” (III. 3) and,
"ta eva tu niveśyante bībhatsā”dau rase yadā, tadā tam dīpayanty eva
tena varņāḥ rasaścyutah.” (III. 4) "The (sanskrit) letters “s” and “s”, letters conjunct with 'Y', and 'ah', - all these become deterents of the erotic sentiment. Hence those letters are not conducive to a particular sentiment.” (Dhv. III. 3)
"When these very letters are employed in relation to the sentiment of disgust and so forth, they will only intensify them. Hence also letters suggest sentiments.” (Trans. K,Kris. pp. 115, ibid)
Ā. adds - "śloka-dvayena anvaya-vyatirekābhyām varṇānām dyotakatvam darśitam bhavati.”'“The above aphorisms show negatively and positively that letters do possess suggestiveness." (Trans. K.Kris. pp. 115, ibid). We would add in this sentence "(two)" before ‘aphorisms' and place “positively” prior to “negatively”, of course, with due respect for Prof. Dr. K. Krishnamoorthy.
After. 'varnas' i.e. 'letters' Ā. comes to 'padas' i.e. individual words in poetry. 'Suggestivity in a 'pada', or by a 'pada' is illustrated as in. "ut-kampini." etc. The pada "te" in "te locane", in this illustration, is clearly suggestive of rasa, in the opinion of the aesthetes. Locana explains that this pada, "te", becomes suggestive of many qualities of the heroine's eyes. The beauty of those eyes as remembered for the moment becomes the 'vibhāva' i.e. stimulus for the suggestion of karuna, i.e. "sokā"veśa." Of course rasa-realisation is brought about by the whole vibhāvā"di complex, but when these vibhāvas are apprehended in an extra-ordinary way, through a special 'pada', 'rasa' becomes ‘pada-dyotya' here. Ā. also dwells on parts of a pada, i.e. "padávayava.” as suggestive of rasa. Parts of a compound as in, "cakita-hariņi-hāri-netra-tribhāgah", or at times a termination, or use of singular, plural, or a gender etc. also become suggestive of rasa. Ā. gives illustrations for all these.
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