Sahrdayaloka Part 02

SR No.: 006909
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tapasvi Nandi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 642
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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Classification of Poetry
797 The Kāmadhenu quotes verses from Bhāmaha (?, we do not find these in Bhāmaha) - such as -
samam ardhasamam vșttam visamam ca tridhā matam, anghrayo yasya catvāras tulya-laksana-lakṣitāḥ. tacchandaḥ śāstra-tattvajñāḥ sama-vșttam pracakşate prathamánghri samo yasya tļtīyaścaraņo bhavet dvitīyasturyavad vșttam tadardhasamam ucyate. yasya pada-catuske’pi lakṣma-bhinnam parasparam
tadāhur-visamam vịttam chandaḥ śāstra viśāradāḥ.” Vāmana then further divides both gadya and padya into two such as a-nibaddha and nibaddha i.e. one with a smaller expanse or one seen in a small unit, the minor type, and the other, the major type or one seen in longer expanse.
But once again in the Kāmadhenu, we have a note : muktaka-lakṣaṇam uktam Bhāmahena -
"prathamam muktakā"dīnām rju-laksanam ucyate, yad eva gāmbhīryaudāryaśaurya-nītim atisprśā. bhaven muktakam ekena
dvikam dvābhyām, trikam tribhiḥ.” Now once again, we do not find these words in the available Kāvvālamkāra editions of Bhāmaha. We do not know if a larger version of the same was available to Gopendra Tripurhara (or Tippa) Bhūpāla or to anyone else earlier.
Vāmana observes (I. iii. 28) that these two varieties i.e. minor and major of both gadya/prose and padya/verse are to be mastered in sequence. This means that after having mastered the minor variety one has to work for the major one, like after preparing a garland first one prepares the crest-garland. But Vāmana does not