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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SAHRDAYĀLOKA dvyanke mukhávamarśau staḥ,
ekánke, garbha-nirgamaḥ." Thus, it has five to six nāyakas, i.e. heroes or male characters who are lalita (= graceful), dakşiņa (= courteous), and famous (= khyātāḥ). They are brahmins, ksatriyas or Vaisya-putras, whose achievements depend on their advisers (i.e. sacivas). If (it has a second act, then) in that type there are mukha and avamaría junctures. And in the variety having a single act, (even) garbha-samdhi is absent. This means it has only mukha and nirvahaņa, and prati-mukha, if at all. Vāgbhața II follows Bhoja, H. and the N.D., when he observes : (pp. 18, ibid) :
"maņdalena tu yan nșttam hallīsakam iti smrtam, eka-sūtram tu netā syād
gopa-strīņam yathā hariḥ." The NLRK. has - (pp. 299, ibid) :
atha hallīsakam-saptásta-navayoșid-bhūșitam, kaisikī-vștti-prāyam, bahu-tālalayā"tmakam, ekánkam, eka-purusa-pradhānam anudātta-vacana-krtam. yathā keli raivatakam.
This is under the influence of śā. But the NLRK. does not give the two-act - variety also seen in Sā. Again, the NLRK. recommends one central hero as is the tradition in Bhoja and A.bh. Thus NLRK. has a mixed tradition. The illustratic the same as read in Śā. but here we have 'keli-raivatakam', for 'keli-raivatam'. The S.D. has 'hallīša' for 'hallīsaka', read at S.D. VI. 307, and it has -
"hallīša eka evánkaḥ saptástau daśa vā striyaḥ, vāgudāttaika-puruṣaḥ, kaiśikī vịttir ujjvalā. mukhántimau tathā sandhi, bahutāla-laya-sthitih.
yatha-keli-raivatakam. The S.D. is clear in that the hallīsa has just one act, seven-eight or ten female characters. There is a single hero with noble expression in speech. The vrtti is kaiśiki. There are only two samdhis viz. mukha and nirvahana, termed as "antima” i.e. 'the last one', here. There are many tālas, and layas (in the song) in hallīsaka.