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VISVANĀTHA'S KĀVYAPRAKĀS’ADARPANA (K. P. D.)
& SĀHITYADARPANA (S, D )*
Jagriti Pandya
Vasvanātha was wellknown by his work Sahityadarpana (S.D.) among Sanskrit Poetics. He also wrote a commentary called Kavyaprakāśadarpana (K. P. D.) on the Kavyaprakasa (K. P.) of Mammața, after completing the S. D. He has mentioned S. D. several times in this comm, at places for detailed discussions. Not only that, but many a time we get close resemblance with S. D. in it, from the point of view of expressions in form of sentences and half-sentences and also in form of ideas. Here an attempt is made to compare the two works critically.
This attempt is limited to some portion only. We have used the Ed. of K.P.D. published by Gangānātha Jhā Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyāpitha, Prayaga, '76. It may be noted that the said Ed. has the said comm. on 3 to 6 ullasas only and nowadays we have the complete Ed of K.P.D. published from Allahabad in 1979, edited by Dr. Goparaju Rama. But this r*w Ed. of K.P.D. has too many misprints, so we have followed it only for the first two ullasas.
Visvanatha has quoted his S.D. by name--for 13 times in the comm. on the first six ullásas of K. P. We have tried to place similar or parallel portions side by side from both the KP.D. and the S.D., which may become self-evident of their close resemblance.
We should also mention that the names of both the works are also very significant. S. D. is a work concerned with criticism of the literature as a whole with all its forms, while K. P. D. is only a comm, on the K. P. of Mammata. The word 'au' which is common to both the titles indicates the faithful representation of its matter.
The comparision between K. P. D. and S. D. could be noted as below 1. K.P.D. ullasa-1, P. 1 on K.P. 1.1.
farãean arfifcaa (972) altaafaxine ......etc.
* The paper was read at the XXXIInd Session, A.I.O.C. at Ahmedabad, Oct. 85 Sambodhi XII--15
