[INDOLOGY] special metrical rules for śāstric verses

Madhav Deshpande mmdesh at umich.edu
Mon Nov 4 14:25:26 UTC 2024


This is very unusual. Normally, compounds can continue between the first
and the second pādas, and the third and the fourth pādas; but not between
the second and the third pādas. I don't know of any example similar to
Abhinavagupta's interpretation. Leave aside his interpretation for a
moment. Is there a good way to understand the verse without assuming such
an irregular compounding between the second and the third pādas?

Madhav

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 6:05 AM Raffaele Torella via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> while commenting on IPK I.5.12 Abhinava’s Vimarśinī says:
>
>
> ātmāta eva caitanyaṃ citkriyācitikartṛtā /
>
> tātparyeṇoditas tena jaḍāt sa hi vilakṣaṇaḥ // Ipk_1,5.12 //
>
> […] citkriyācitikartṛtātātparyeṇa iti samāsaḥ / ardhayuk pādaviśrāntiḥ iti
> hi kāvye samayaḥ, na śāstre.
>
>
> So the first word in the third pāda is to be considered in compound with
> the last word of the second. According to the rule *ardhayuk
> pādaviśrāntiḥ* (by the way, coming from where?) this should be
> inadmissible, but – Abhinava says – this holds only for kāvya, not for
> śāstra. My question is: are you aware of a set of exceptional rules only
> valid for the śāstric metrical texts?
>
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Raffaele
>
>
>
> Prof. Raffaele Torella
> Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit
> Sapienza University of Rome
> www.academia.edu/raffaeletorella
>
>
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