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

SEVENTH ADHYĀYA 169
ll. 11–17. Sentences are again classified here according to the
sect to which the speaker belongs, such as the ब्राह्म or शैव or वैष्णव.
This classification should be known by the reader as it is a part
of his education. Rājaśekhara, in writing this chapter, seems
to have drawn his information mainly from the Vāyupurāṇa.
Bāṇa, in his Harṣacarita and Kādambarī mentions this Purāṇa,
and the Sārasvateya cult which is inculcated in the Harṣacarita
and the Kāvyamīmāṁsā, is chiefly derived from the same Purāṇa.
Rājaśekhara in his description of the five kinds of speech also
seems to be indebted to the Vāyu and other Purāṇas. This group
is named as Brāhma and is divided into five classes: स्वायंभुव, ऐश्वर,
आर्ष, आर्षिक and आर्षिपुत्रक. This classification actually appears in the
Vāyupurāṇa (chapter 59), though the definitions and illustrations
of these five kinds of speech are not found in it. Through this
classification, Rājaśekhara seeks to trace the origin and develop-
ment of human speech.
ll. 19–23. Here two kinds of speech स्वायंभुव and ऐश्वर are differ-
entiated. The first is स्वायंभुव or the primitive speech in which
neither the ideas follow in their logical sequence, nor the language
appears to be refined, though it is able to express all objects, and
even go so far as to describe the methods leading to salvation.
Svayambhū is supposed to be the originator of two kinds of
speech, one in the form of the Vedas is the earlier, while the other
known as स्वायम्भुव or the primitive speech is the later. The ऐश्वर
speech is more refined than the स्वायंभुव and in it both the logical
sequence and skill in composition are noticeable.
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l. 1. The next stage of development is represented by the
speech attributed to the Ṛṣis. In this speech sentences have more
nouns and case-terminations than those previously described, and
their import finds a ready expression. But this speech is invaria-
bly connected with some Mantras.
l. 3. The next stage in linguistic development is represented
by the speech of the Ṛṣikas in which there is a great volume of
short sentences full of Nipātas without any case-terminations.
But in this speech there is frequent use of words found only in
the Vedas.
l. 5 The fifth or the last stage is represented by the speech
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