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SAHRDAYĀLOKA the concept of samghatanā, which has its boundaries somewhat mixed up with those of rīti or vrtti, is also suggestive of rasa in poetry and is therefore welcome as a suggestor or suggestive element i.e. vyañjaka, in poetry.
Anandavardhana observes that the threefold samghatanā, residing in gunas, becomes suggestive of rasa in poetry and the conditions that control this suggestivity are said to be propriety-i.e. aucitya-of the speaker and the thing described. He observes : Dhv. III. 5,6, pp. , 6 ibid) :
"a-samāsā samāsena madhyamena ca bhūṣitā tathā dirgha-samāséti tridhā samghatanóditā.” (Dhv. III. 5) tām kevalam anūdya, idam ucyate"guņān āśritya tișthantī mādharyādin; vyanakti sā rasan, tan niyame hetur
aucityam vaktr-vācyayoh.”– (Dhv. III. 6) "Texture" is said to be of three kinds : (1) Without compounds (2) With mediumsized compound and (3) With long compounds."- (Dhv. III. 5)
"Composition or texture is grounded in qualities like sweetness and suggests sentiments.
The propritety or decorum of the speaker and the spoken is the consideration which governs it.” (Dhv. III. 6)
(Trans. K. Kris., pp. 119, 127 ibid). He further observes at Dhv. III. 7 that,
"viṣayā”śrayam apy anyad aucityam tam niyacchati, kāvya-prabhedā”śrayataḥ
sthitā bhedavati hi sā.” (pp. 128, ibid) "Another consideration which governs the usage of a texture is its decorum with regard to the literary medium adopted. Texture thus becomes different in different forms of literature."- (Trans. K. Kris; pp. 129, ibid)
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