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

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इक्षुदण्डस्य मण्डस्य दध्नः पिष्टकृतस्य च ।
वाराहस्य च मांसस्य सैष गच्छति फाल्गुनः ॥
The word वराहवभ्राणि seems to mean वराहमांस ।
Page. 103.
l. 6. त्रिशङ्कु is a star which is believed to represent the king
Triśaṅku of Ayodhyā who rose to heaven by the spiritual power
of Viśvāmitra. This star becomes visible in this season.
l. 9. खाण्डवः=sugar-candy.
l. 13. The word हेमन्तधर्मा is grammatically correct according
to the rule ‘धर्मादनिच् केवलात्’ 5-4-124 of Pāṇini.
l. 18. पृथुरतक्रमपीतशीतम् । This word may be taken as an adverbial
clause to स्वपन्ति or an adjective to रजनी when it is changed to ॰शीताम् ।
Page. 104.
l. 3. सौभाग्यम् etc. This idea is derived from the verse of Vālmīki
quoted already in this work. p. 71. l. 6.
Cf :- रविसङ्क्रान्तसौभाग्यस्तुषाराविलमण्डलः ।
निःश्वासान्ध इवादर्शश्चन्द्रमा न प्रकाशते ॥
Rāmāyaṇa 3. 16. 13.
The purport of this verse is as follows :- The faculty of
pleasing every-one belongs naturally to the moon ; the sun seems
to be endowed with this faculty in winter days, and consequently,
the moon is deprived temporarily of the faculty of pleasing all in
winter nights.
l. 5. सिद्धार्थयष्टि=the plant of the white mustard.
l. 15. दरिद्रनिन्द्यः । Because poor people do not possess sufficient
clothing to protect themselves in winter.
*[l. 17. अभिनववधू. attributed to मालवरुद्र in औचित्यविचारचर्चा and to
भास in सुभाषितहारावलि, found also in सरस्वतीकण्ठाभरण. The first Pāda is
found in वामनालङ्कार too.]
l. 24. पृथ्बीमपि=though quite large.
Page. 105.
ll. 5-6. The worship of Gaurī and the love-god or Manmatha
is introduced here.