The Target of Criticism in Bhamaha's Kavyalankara IV 39-47

In the fourth Pariccheda of his Kavyalankara, Bhamaha (7th cent A D), while illustrating fifteen poetic faults (dosas), defines the fourteenth one, viz, that which is opposed to the Sastras (nyaya-virodhi), and passes & few remarks with reference to the incident of a dummy elephant resulting in the capture of Vatsaraja by inimical forces The

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भामह शास्त्रविरोधी दोष के उदाहरण में उस कृत्रिम हाथी पर व्यंग्य करते हैं जिससे वत्सराज बन्दी होते हैं। कंसारा गणपति शास्त्री, एस. के. दे तथा पी. वी. काणे के इस मत की समीक्षा करते हैं कि आक्षेप का लक्ष्य भास का प्रतिज्ञायौगन्धरायण है, और प्रश्न पर पुनर्विचार प्रस्तुत करते हैं। Illustrating the fault of contradicting the sastras, Bhamaha mocks the dummy elephant that leads to the capture of Vatsaraja. Kansara reviews the claims of Ganapati Sastri, S. K. De and P. V. Kane that the target is the Pratijnayaugandharayana of Bhasa, and reconsiders which work is meant.

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