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 10.200 [Sama]
47. Sama
समं योग्यतया योगो यदि सम्भावितः क्वचित् ॥ १०.१२५cd ॥
samaṃ yogyatayā yogo yadi sambhāvitaḥ kvacit || 10.125cd ||
samam—the ornament called sama (“same”); yogyatayā—on account of suitability; yogaḥ—the connection; yadi—if; sambhāvitaḥ—is conceived; kvacit—at some point in time (or in regard to some topic).
If two things make a fit combination because of the suitability of each one, that is sama (congruity).
ābhirūpyeṇa ced vastunoḥ sambandhaḥ sambhāvyate tadā samam. sad-yoge’sad-yoge ceti dvaidhaṃ tat.
If a connection between two things is conceived because of conformity, that is sama. It has two varieties: A combination of resplendent things and a combination of nonresplendent things.