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भल्लटशतकम्
This anyápadeśa poetry really fulfils life. A product of deep
and poignant experience of the poet, it comes out when the poet's
mind is full of thoughts which find no outlet otherwise. Taking
· recourse to suggestion, the poet delineates some images from
nature or other spheres of life and suggests through them more
effectively what would not have been expressed through direct
statement of facts. Bhallata Sataka is an evidence of this fact.
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A real muktaka makes the reader plunge into the ocean of
highest bliss after setting him free (ga) from all other objects.
While praising muktakas of Amaruka, Anandavardhana has
regarded them full of charm and sentiment. He says:
मुक्तकेषु हि प्रबन्धेष्विव रसबन्धाभिनिवेशिनः कवयो दृश्यन्ते यथा
ह्यम रुकस्य कवे र्मुक्तकाः शृङ्गाररसस्यन्दिनः प्रबन्धायमानाः प्रसिद्धा एव 11
Poets are seen to be intent on delineating sentiment in muk-
takas as in full-fledged literary works. Thus the muktakas of
Amaruka are famous for their profusion in the erotic sentiment
and are regarded as good as full-fledged works in point of
charm. A few uninteresting verses can be easily tolerated in a
prabandhakāvya without marring the beauty of the whole, because
reader's curiosity about further development of the story induces
him to move fast ignoring insignificant verses and his prior
aquaintance with the characters of the work quickens his imagi-
nation for a quick grasp of the sense. In a muktaka, on the
other hand, the attention is focussed on a single verse which
shines out with all its merits and defects. Muktaka should
invariably be charming and highly attractive.
3. DEFINITION AND TYPES OF MUKTAKA
A muktaka has been defined thus in Agnipurāņa :
मुक्तकं श्लोक एवंकश्चमत्कारक्षम : सताम् । 2
Muktaka is an independent verse which is capable of produc-
ing miraculous effect on the noble minds. The words gâs:
stress upon the independent character of muktaka which does
1. a, 3.7, Vrtti
2. अग्निपुराण, 337.36
CC-0 Shashi Shekhar Toshkhani Collection. Digitized by eGangotri
This anyápadeśa poetry really fulfils life. A product of deep
and poignant experience of the poet, it comes out when the poet's
mind is full of thoughts which find no outlet otherwise. Taking
· recourse to suggestion, the poet delineates some images from
nature or other spheres of life and suggests through them more
effectively what would not have been expressed through direct
statement of facts. Bhallata Sataka is an evidence of this fact.
26
A real muktaka makes the reader plunge into the ocean of
highest bliss after setting him free (ga) from all other objects.
While praising muktakas of Amaruka, Anandavardhana has
regarded them full of charm and sentiment. He says:
मुक्तकेषु हि प्रबन्धेष्विव रसबन्धाभिनिवेशिनः कवयो दृश्यन्ते यथा
ह्यम रुकस्य कवे र्मुक्तकाः शृङ्गाररसस्यन्दिनः प्रबन्धायमानाः प्रसिद्धा एव 11
Poets are seen to be intent on delineating sentiment in muk-
takas as in full-fledged literary works. Thus the muktakas of
Amaruka are famous for their profusion in the erotic sentiment
and are regarded as good as full-fledged works in point of
charm. A few uninteresting verses can be easily tolerated in a
prabandhakāvya without marring the beauty of the whole, because
reader's curiosity about further development of the story induces
him to move fast ignoring insignificant verses and his prior
aquaintance with the characters of the work quickens his imagi-
nation for a quick grasp of the sense. In a muktaka, on the
other hand, the attention is focussed on a single verse which
shines out with all its merits and defects. Muktaka should
invariably be charming and highly attractive.
3. DEFINITION AND TYPES OF MUKTAKA
A muktaka has been defined thus in Agnipurāņa :
मुक्तकं श्लोक एवंकश्चमत्कारक्षम : सताम् । 2
Muktaka is an independent verse which is capable of produc-
ing miraculous effect on the noble minds. The words gâs:
stress upon the independent character of muktaka which does
1. a, 3.7, Vrtti
2. अग्निपुराण, 337.36
CC-0 Shashi Shekhar Toshkhani Collection. Digitized by eGangotri