[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Romantic, fictional and courtly campūs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha) › [Mandaramaranda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda) › 22.p1 # Mandaramaranda 22.p1 Mandāramaranda 22.p1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.22.p1) kāvyaṃ hi yaśase'rthāya śivetaranivṛttaye kāntāvadupadeśāya paranirvṛtaye kṣaṇāt sālaṃkāraguṇau kāvyaṃ śabdārthau doṣavarjitau tathā kavīnāṃ samayānurodhena nibandhitam īdṛśaṃ dvividhaṃ kāvyaṃ śrāvyadṛśyavibhedataḥ śrāvyaṃ tu trividhaṃ jñeyaṃ gadyapadyobhayātmanā apādaḥ padasaṃghāto gadyaṃ padyaṃ catuṣpadam gadyapadyātmakaṃ kāvyaṃ campūrityabhidhīyate dṛśyaṃ tu daśadhā proktaṃ nāṭakādivibhedataḥ sarvadhvanirguṇībhūtavyaṅgyaṃ citramiti tridhā vācyātiśāyi vyaṅgyaṃ yatkāvyaṃ dhvaniritīryate kāvyaṃ tu kathitaṃ vyaṅgye vācyādanatiśāyini guṇībhūtavyaṅgyamiti syādvyaṅgyasyāpradhānataḥ avyaṅgyamapi yaccāru tatkāvyaṃ citramiṣyate śabdacitraṃ cārthacitramubhayaṃ ceti tantridhā sodāhṛtaya eteṣāṃ bhedāḥ pūrvaṃ prakāśitāḥ śarīraṃ tasya śabdārthau jīvitaṃ vyaṅgyavaibhavam hārādivadalaṃkārāste'nuprāsopamādayaḥ śauryādaya iva proktāḥ śleṣakāntyādayo guṇāḥ ātmotkarṣāvahāstatra svabhāvā iva rītayaḥ śobhāmāhāryakīṃ prāptā vṛttayo vṛttayo yathā padānuguṇyaviśrāntiḥ śayyā śayyeva saṃmatā rasāsvādaprabhedāḥ syuḥ pākāḥ pākā iva sthitāḥ prakhyātā lokavadiyaṃ sāmagrī kāvyasaṃpadaḥ lakṣyalakṣaṇasaṃyuktā ime pūrvaṃ prakīrtitāḥ mahākāvyaṃ coPCAkāvyamiti tadvividhaṃ punaḥ nagarārṇavaśailartucandrārkodayavarṇanaiḥ udyānasalilakrīḍāmadhupānaratotsavaiḥ vipralambhairvivāhaiśca kumārodayavarṇanaiḥ mantradūtaprayāṇādināyakābhyudayairapi etairūpanibaddhaṃ yattanmahākāvyamiṣyate eṣāmaṣṭādaśānāṃ yaiḥ kaiścinnyūnamapīṣyate sargabandho mahākāvyamiti kecitpracakṣate asargabandhamapi ca mahākāvyamitīṣyate gītatālānubaddhaṃ yadupakāvyamitīryate upakāvyaṃ tu bahudhā vakṣye tāni ca kānicit - [Previous: 21.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.21.p6) - [Next: 22.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.22.p2) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.22) ## Linked texts (3) - [Pratāparudrīya (Pratāparudrayaśobhūṣaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.rajayasobhusana.prataparudriya.82_414) — Vidyānātha, Sanskrit - [Mandāramarandacampū](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.daksinatya.mandaramarandacampu.10.255_243) — Kṛṣṇanātha 1600, Sanskrit - [Mandāramaganda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.other.mandaramaganda.21.p1.3) — Kṛṣṇamiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.22.p1) · Pramāṇa