Indian poetics

 This blog is an assignment given by Dr. Dilip Sir Barad. It is about Indian Poetics, specifically the unit taught by Vinod Sir Joshi.

Dhvani Sampradaya: 

- First of all, Sir said, 'To put it specifically, its name is sound.'

 

   "Sound is the soul of poetry."

                                     

                                       -Anand Vardhan

               

        विभाति लावण्यं इवाङ्गनासु

-The sound is as beautiful as the elegance of the organ.

Emotions (Bhava) > Interest (Rasa)

Language (Bhasha) > Sound(Dhvani)

1. Abhidha (Denotation)

2. Lakshana (Implication)

3. Vyanjana (Suggestion)

-These are the three shbdshkti

1. Abhidha (Denotation) – The direct or primary meaning of a word. 

2. Lakshana (Implication) – When the direct meaning does not make sense, we derive an implied meaning.

3. Vyanjana (Suggestion) – Even when the direct meaning is clear, an additional suggested meaning emerges. 

1. Vastu Dhvani (Conceptual Suggestion)

2. Alankara Dhvani (Figurative Suggestion)

3. Rasa Dhvani (Emotional Suggestion)

-Language is mundane but experience is supernatural.

 

 

"Sound is both mundane and supernatural"

                              

                                       -Anand Vardhan

-We can only feel the interest.

-Language is the medium, what we feel is the interest. -  -Anand Vardhan

शब्दार्थौ सहितौ वक्रः काव्यव्यापारशालिनी।

बन्धे व्यवस्थितं काव्यं तद्विदाह्लादकारिणी॥

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Six Types of Vakrokti (Stylistic Deviation)

1. Varṇavinyāsa Vakratā

2. Padapūrvardha Vakratā

3. Padapara Vakratā

4. Vākya Vakratā

5. Prakaraṇa Vakratā

6. Prabandha Vakratā

Riti (Style): Vaman

- Riti refers to the distinct styles that each poet or work may possess. 

Ramaniyata Sampraday – Jagannatha :

- Jagannatha, in his famous work "Rasgangadhar," discusses the concept of Ramaniyata (aesthetic beauty).

रमणीयार्थप्रतिपादकः शब्दः काव्यम्।