History of Sanskrit Poetics c5.s1.t1.537

c5.s1.t1.537

24. The सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण and शृङ्गारप्रकाश of भोज. The first work has been published several times (e.g. by Mr. Borooah, at Benares in 1887 and in the K. M. series 1934). In these pages reference is made to the K. M. edition of 1934 with the com. of रत्नेश्वर composed under king रामसिंह (on परिच्छेदs I-III) and of जगद्धर (on IV). The सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण is a voluminous work, but it is more or less a compilation. It is divided into five परिच्छेदs. The first speaks of काव्यप्रयोजन, काव्यलक्षण, काव्यभेद, 16 दोas of pada, 16 of वाक्य and 16 of वाक्यार्थ, the 24 गुणs of शब्द and the same number in वाक्यार्थ; in the second परि० the author treats of 24 शब्दालङ्कारs such as जाति, रीति, वृत्ति, छाया, मुद्रा, गुम्फना, शय्या, यमक, श्लेष, प्रहेलिका; in the third he defines and illustrates 24 अर्थालङ्कारs, जाति, विभावना, हेतु, अहेतु, सूक्ष्म, उत्तर, विरोध, सम्भव, अन्योन्य, परिवृत्ति, निदर्शन, भेद, समाहित, भ्रान्ति, वितर्क, मीलित, स्मृति, भाव, प्रत्यक्ष, अनुमान, उपमान, आगम, अर्थापत्ति and अभाव; in the fourth परि० he dwells upon 24 figures of both शब्द and अर्थ viz. उपमा, रूपक, साम्य, संशय, अपह्नुति, समाधि, समासोक्ति, उत्प्रेक्षा, अप्रस्तुतप्रशंसा, तुल्ययोगिता, लेश (the same as व्याजस्तुति), सहोक्ति, समुच्चय, आक्षेप, अर्थान्तरन्यास, विशेषोक्ति, परिकर, दीपक, क्रम, पर्याय, अतिशयोक्ति, श्लेष, भाविक, संसृष्टि; in the fifth he treats of rasas, bhāvas, heroes and heroines and their sub-divisions and characteristics, the five sandhis, मुख, प्रतिमुख etc., the four vrttis भारती etc. In all there are 643 कारिकाs, some of which are taken bodily from the काव्यादर्श, ध्वन्यालोक and other works. For example, कारिकाs V. 5-6 are the same as काव्यादर्श I. 21-22, कारिका V. 3 (शृङ्गारी चेत्कविः) occurs (in ध्व. p. 278). The first कारिका in the 5th परिच्छेद (रसोऽभिमानोऽहङ्कारः शृङ्गार इति गीयते) bears a close resemblance to certain verses of the अग्निपुराण, (338. 1-4) quoted above on p. 8. Similarly, सर. क. II. 2, 39, 75 are much the same as the अग्निपुराण 341. 18-19, 21 and 342. 10. Dr. De in J. R. A. S. 1923 pp. 537-549 holds that भोज borrows from the Agnipuraṇa. I demur to his conclusion. He is wrong as to the verse शृङ्गारी चेत् found both in सर. क. V. 3 and अग्निपु. 338. 11, as shown above on pp. 7-8.