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

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quotations from that Purāṇa is to be found in the Harṣacarita,
but also because the name of that Purāṇa is definitely mentioned
by Bāṇa as पवमानप्रोक्तपुराण in the 3rd chapter.
The case of the Mahābhārata is altogether different. Here
various stories are recorded concerning the birth of Sārasvateya, the
son of Sarasvatī. All these authorities, however, are unanimous
in holding that he was vastly learned in the Vedas and that he
transmitted his knowledge to others. (see S'āntiparvan, Adh.
359 and S'alyaparvan Adh. 52. of the Mahābhārata). It is
said in the S'āntiparvan of the Mahābhārata that God created
a Sārasvata through Sarasvatī and asked him to learn the Vedas
himself and transmit his learning to others. This Sārasvata was
also known by the names of Vyāsa and Apāntaratamas, and he in
accordance with the above instruction, spread the knowledge of the
Vedas in the world.
A similar story is also found in the S'alyaparvan where it is
said that the creative energy of the sage Dadhīci was transmitted
to the river Sarasvatī when he was overpowered by passion
on seeing Alambuṣā a divine dancing girl. As a result, the
river Sarasvatī, obtained a son and he was carried by her to
Dadhīci, his father. This Sārasvateya taught the Vedas to the
sages when they forgot them owing to a severe famine which
lasted for 12 years. Aśvaghoṣa, in the first century A. D.
also records the same story regarding Sārasvateya in his Buddha-
carita (1-47.)

1. 3. यदेतत् etc. In the first half of this verse a clear
   exposition of the S'abdabrahmavāda as developed by Bhartṛhari
   in his Vākyapadīya, has been made. According to this school
   of philosophy, the S'abdabrahma or Nāda, which came out
   from God when he desired to create the world, is the cause of
   the universe which is enveloped in Vivarta or the illusory
   form of existence. When this illusion is removed by means of
   Vidyā or true knowledge there remains only the Nāda or
   S'abdabrahma. This Nāda is also called Parāvāk. From this
   Parāvāk, Paśyantī, Madhyamā and Vaikharī, the three other
   kinds of speech, are produced. Here Madhyamāvāk has the
   property of Sphoṭa which reveals the knowledge of Artha from