Srngaramanjari Katha

Author(s): Bhojdev, Kalpalata K Munshi
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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ŚRNGĂRAMAÑJARIKATHA
punishes them and feels satisfied with what he has done. According to Samayamātykā this rāga vanishes when it is not protected.
Though not specifically mentioned we can take Somadatta (7th tale) and Vinayadhara (10th tale) as heroes of the rājasa-praksti possessing Kusumbha-rāga. When Somadatta realizes that he is deceived he is stung to the quick and takes revenge. Similarly Vinayadhara returns to punish the bawd after he had been driven out.
The SKA41 and the Sāhityadarpana42 explain it as being bright, but liable to fade away. ( afa 7 )
Lākṣā is lac which is bright red in colour. As a colour it belongs to a person who has too much rajas in him. The example in the SP is of Purūravas losing his love for the queen on seeing Urvasi. SMK has no example but puts it in the Kusumbha-varga. Samayamātskā compares the characteristics of the lac with this rāga. T: fecufa TTTS#: 500 ara fas: 43 Akşība is also a tree. This rāga can be removed only with great difficulty. The instance in SP is Vatsarāja's love for Vāsavadattā as described in the Tāpasavatsaraja. There Vatsarāja is made to forget Vāsavadattā with great efforts by his ministers for the purpose of turning his mind towards the conquest of his lost kingdom. SMK has no example but places it in the Nīlīrāga-varga.
Mañjişthā is Indian madder. As a rāga it is deepest among the rājasa rāga, and it cannot be given up even with great effort. SP quotes Kuvalayāśva's love for Madalasa in the Madalasopākhyāna as an instance. In the SMK, Mañjişthā-rāga forms a class by itself, and it is described as being so fast that it fades but never vanishes completely. Tatütufa a Vikramasisha (2nd tale) is of this nature. He boldly approaches Mālatikā, but being once offended stops going to her though his attachment for her is never lost. The Samayamātýkā describes it as a fast Arfoot feTTH17977: 47:45 i.e. persistent under any circumstances, favourable or otherwise.
The peculiarity of the rāgas of the Tāmasa class of nāyakas is that they neither vanish as in the case of the rägas of the Sättvika nāyakas, nor do they deepen as in the case of the râjasa rāgas. But when they are spurned they change into another rāga, that is, some
41. V, p. 610. 42. III, 197. 43. V, 20. 44. SKA, V, p. 610; Sahityadarpana, III, 197. 45. V, 21.