काव्यमीमांसा (महाकवि राजशेखर - कवि-रहस्य एवं देश-विभाग सटीक)

his Kāvyālaṅkāra although Bhāmaha and Daṇḍin mention this
kind only as another variety of Yamaka. It is curious that the
subjects of several Adhikaraṇas in the Kāvyamīmāṁsā, should
be so arranged by Rājaśekhara as to appear as an imitation of
the system adopted by Rudraṭa. Rudraṭa gives in his Kāvyā-
laṅkāra the list of the S'abdālaṅkāras in the following verse:—
वक्रोक्तिरनुप्रासो यमकं श्लेषस्तथाऽपरं चित्रम् ।
शब्दस्यालंकाराः श्लेषोऽर्थस्यापि सोऽन्योऽस्तु ॥ (2. 13).
and treats of these Alaṅkāras in chapters 2-5 following the same
order. In the first and second chapters, Rudraṭa deals with
Kavirahasya and Rītinirṇaya. Now, it will be evident that
the order of subjects adopted by Rājaśekhara in the first 7
Adhikaraṇas is substantially the same as found in the work of
Rudraṭa. That Rājaśekhara also followed Rudraṭa in many im-
portant points will be shown in sequel.
l. 9. शब्दश्लेषम् । Following Rudraṭa's classification here शब्दश्लेष
is included among the शब्दालंकारs and अर्थश्लेष among the अर्थालंकारs.
Earlier writers such as Bhāmaha, Udbhaṭa and Vāmana make no
such distinction between these two varieties of the S'leṣa but
include them both amongst the अर्थालंकारs. Rudraṭa for the first
time treats of these two separately in two different chap-
ters. Regarding the attribution of the original authorship of
the S'leṣa to S'eṣa no authority exists, and the word S'eṣa is
probably used since it is in accordance with the author's scheme of
Anuprāsa already referred to.
ll. 9–10. वास्तव, औपम्य, अतिशय and अर्थश्लेष । Here Rājaśekhara
begins his list of Arthālaṅkāras. This classification of the Arthā-
laṅkāras into the groups Vāstava etc. is found only in the Kāvyā-
laṅkāra of Rudraṭa; but the early writers on Alaṅkāra preceding
Rudraṭa do not seem to be aware of this system of grouping.
Rudraṭa classifies them in the following verse :—
अर्थस्यालंकारा वास्तवमौपम्यमतिशयः श्लेषः ।
एषामेव विशेषाः अन्ये तु भवन्ति निःशेषाः ॥ (K. A. 7. 9).
and deals with them in four chapters 7-10. Under the heads वास्तव,
etc. Rudraṭa includes respectively 23, 21, 12 and 10 figures of
speech as based upon the four definite principles, वास्तव, etc.
This shows that Rājaśekhara generally followed Rudraṭa in his