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Gatiḥ: Movement
By her charming dalliance, sweet words and glances
Vallaki, kunda, srak and indivara become defeated.
Definitions
उपमेयोपमानानां क्रमसंबन्धः क्रमः । का. सू. ४.३.१३
शब्दस्य यदि वार्थस्य द्वयोरप्यनयोरथ ।
भणनं परिपाट्या यत् क्रमः स परिकीर्तितः ॥ स. क. ४.७६
: Gatih: Movement:
√gam ti <ktin = gati means movement, speed, going, advancing etc. It is
an uncommon figure recognised by Bhoja only. Unlike other fig-
ures it has nothing to do with the poetic excellence of word or
meaning or dialogue or speech. Gati has been given special impor-
tance by Bharata in his Nāṭyaśāstra. On the basis of Bhoja's treat-
ment of this figure it is explained as some sort of stylistic pattern of
poetry with regard to phonetic timbre, mode of pronunciation,
musical tune or melody. Bhoja considers its importance purely
from the literary value when it stands separated from the domain
of music and drama.
According to Bhoja Gati is fivefold:
(i) drută (set to quick movement),
madhyā (set to moderate movement),
(ii)
(iii) vilambitä (set to slow movement),
(iv) druta-vilambitā (set to a mixture of quick and
slow movement),
(v) madhya-vilambitā (set to mixture of moderate and
slow movement).
The following verse is an example of moderate movement:
eg 1. ayi vijahihi dṛḍhopaguhanam
81
tyaja nava-sangama-bbirukam vallabham.
aruṇa-karodgama eșa vartate
varatanu sampravadanti kukkutāḥ.
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Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
By her charming dalliance, sweet words and glances
Vallaki, kunda, srak and indivara become defeated.
Definitions
उपमेयोपमानानां क्रमसंबन्धः क्रमः । का. सू. ४.३.१३
शब्दस्य यदि वार्थस्य द्वयोरप्यनयोरथ ।
भणनं परिपाट्या यत् क्रमः स परिकीर्तितः ॥ स. क. ४.७६
: Gatih: Movement:
√gam ti <ktin = gati means movement, speed, going, advancing etc. It is
an uncommon figure recognised by Bhoja only. Unlike other fig-
ures it has nothing to do with the poetic excellence of word or
meaning or dialogue or speech. Gati has been given special impor-
tance by Bharata in his Nāṭyaśāstra. On the basis of Bhoja's treat-
ment of this figure it is explained as some sort of stylistic pattern of
poetry with regard to phonetic timbre, mode of pronunciation,
musical tune or melody. Bhoja considers its importance purely
from the literary value when it stands separated from the domain
of music and drama.
According to Bhoja Gati is fivefold:
(i) drută (set to quick movement),
madhyā (set to moderate movement),
(ii)
(iii) vilambitä (set to slow movement),
(iv) druta-vilambitā (set to a mixture of quick and
slow movement),
(v) madhya-vilambitā (set to mixture of moderate and
slow movement).
The following verse is an example of moderate movement:
eg 1. ayi vijahihi dṛḍhopaguhanam
81
tyaja nava-sangama-bbirukam vallabham.
aruṇa-karodgama eșa vartate
varatanu sampravadanti kukkutāḥ.
Digitized by Google
Original from
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN