Books / History of Sanskrit Poetics Pandurang Vaman Kane

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included in these or are to be dealt with under वक्रोकि; VI1 Rasa, its causes (bija), nature, co-operating elements (सहकारि) and whatever else is useful for the elucidation of Rasa are dealt with here; भावs are प्रधान and अप्रधान; प्रधानभाव are the eight called स्थायिनः, अप्रधानभावs are वाद्य (eight called साखिविक) and 33 भाम्यन्तर (called व्यभिचारियः); enumeration of these, their definitions and examples; Rasa expounded; eight rasas enume- rated by the ancients; Sānta rasa enumerated by some, its स्थायिभाव being धृति; some add three more rasas; शुक्गार of two sorts सम्भोग and विप्रलम्भ; difference between विप्रलम्भ and करुण; other rasas; the four रीतिs वैद्भी, आवन्ती, पाव्चाली, गौडी and their appropriateness to the several rasas; the ritis लाटी and मागचिका resemble these four; the वृत्तिs कैशिकी, भारती, सात्वती and भारभटी and their employment in the several rasas; संस्कृत and प्राकृत and अ्प- भ्रंश; twenty modes of वक्रोक्ति; समासोक्ति, अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसा, सहोक्ति and several others are varieties of वक्रोक्ति; there is वक्रत्व in ध्वनि, वर्ष, पद (पूर्वार्ष and प्रत्यय), वाक्य, प्रकरण and प्रबन्ध; enumeration of the 36 लक्षय and illustrations of the first three of them; VII The fourfold equipment of the poet (शमः सर्वकलावीक्षा नियोगस्त- स्य शीलनम् । स क्लेशः करयोदोगः प्रतिभा भास्वती मतिः। प्रज्ञा नवनवोन्मेष- शालिनी प्रतिभेति वा।); कवि is four kinds, सत्कवि who wields वैदर्भी style (such as वाल्मीकि and कालिदास), विदग्धकवि who is bent on वक्रोक्ि (such as व्यास and बाख), अरोचकिकवि who sticks to अर्थालक्वारS (such as माघ and भारवि), सतृाभ्यवहारककवि who writes in the Gaudi style and is after श्लेष, चित्र and यमक (such as शिवभद्र);8 conventions ( कविसमयs) ; certain directions to poets such as not employing words like खलु, बत, हन्त at the beginning of a पाद, a short vowel at the end of a pada being generally regarded as guru

  1. The 6th and 7th प्रकर खs are the longest, covering pp. 54-118 and 119-159 respectively. 2. The first 7 verses of chapter 16 of the नाव्यशाख (G. O. S. edition) in which the लक्षयs are enumerated in the उपजाति metre are quoted here and the illustrations are the same that the अभिनवभारती gives. 3. वामन (I. 2.1-3) speaks of कविs as भरोचक्िन: and सतृया- भ्यवहारिय: Vide काव्यमीमांसा p. 14 for a discussion about these two and the addition of two more मत्सरिख: and तत्वामिनिवेशिन: by राजरोसर.