Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana
by Gaurapada Dāsa | 2015 | 234,703 words
Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Sahitya-kaumudi covers all aspects of poetical theory except the topic of dramaturgy. All the definitions of poetical concepts are taken from Mammata’s Kavya-prakasha, the most authoritative work on Sanskrit poetical rhetoric. Baladeva Vidyabhushana added the eleventh chapter, where he expounds additional ornaments from Visv...
Text 10.8
उपमानानुपादाने
वाक्य-गाथ समास-गा ॥ १०.८८cd ॥
upamānānupādāne
vākya-gātha samāsa-gā ||10.88cd||
upamāna—of the standard of comparison; an-upādāne—when there is no mention; vākya-gā—[the simile] relates to a sentence; atha—and; samāsa-gā—[the simile] relates to a compound.
The elliptical simile characterized by the ellipsis of the upamāna has two varieties: It occurs either in a sentence or in a compound.
Commentary:
Since by convention a word of comparison is placed after an upamāna (standard of comparison) (10.3), an elliptical indirect simile in a taddhita suffix cannot occur in this category, nor can any elliptical direct simile take place.[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
atra taddhita-gā na sambhavati, upamā-pratipādakasya taddhitasya vati-kalpab-āder upamānād eva vidhānenopamānānupādāne’sambhavāt. na vā śrautī, ivādīnām upamānamātrānvitatayā tad-anupādāne teṣām apy anupādānāt. ato vākya-samāsayor eva. tayor apy ārthy eveti dvi-prakārā luptopamānopamā (Kāvya-pradīpa 10.88).