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 10.22
भिन्ने यथा,
bhinne yathā,
This is an example of mālopamā where each upamāna has a different common attribute:
sudhā-dhāreva madhurā kaumudīva suśītalā |
kīrtir dīvyati kṛṣṇasya gaṅgeva jana-pāvanī ||
Like a flow of nectar is sweet, like moonlight has a cooling effect, and like the Ganges purifies people, Kṛṣṇa’s fame has splendor.