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...

उदाहरणम्,
गोविन्द-चरण-द्वन्द्वं माया-वाद-विशारदः ।
लभते सच्-चिद्-आनन्दं ख-पुष्प-स्तबकं वहन् ॥

udāharaṇam,
govinda-caraṇa-dvandvaṃ māyā-vāda-viśāradaḥ |
labhate sac-cid-ānandaṃ kha-puṣpa-stabakaṃ vahan ||

A person well-versed in Māyāvāda philosophy attains Govinda’s feet, which are transcendental, while carrying a bunch of flowers collected from the sky.

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